their choice
it’s not really a choice for a lot though, is it?
It’s true that it’s not 100% a choice, but physically there’s nothing stopping people from having kids. People are (fairly) prioritizing their financial security over having kids.
Though this may be a comment on abortion. In which case abortion is healthcare and a human right.
I would say that this is correct so long as we have the words informed choice based upon economic realities.
The world is being destroyed, physically, economically, and culturally by a small and malignant infestation of greedy parasites. There is little hope for future so why would people want to bring their children into it?
This comment is getting way too many upvotes. The world is not that bad and I’m sure 99% of people alive today would rather be alive than to never have been born. I’m not saying it’s that good but it’s not so bad that I would rather be not born.
No, it is not too bad today but what about in a year? In 5 years? 10? 20? If you bring another human into this world you always have the thoughts about this new person and want it to have its best life. Today is fine but I doubt 20 years from now will look fine. Probably much sooner than that and it will not look very fine any longer.
And no, I don’t regret being born either. Just wish people stopped being so ignorant and stupid.
‘Cause this is Lemmy.
Look, I love this place and sympathize with the sentiment, but it’s also structured as a dramatized, extreme echo chamber. This neat little oasis amongst the burning internet is not (at least for me) representative of real life.
Our leaders have abandoned their stewardship of our population in favor of stewarding only the accounts and balance sheets. If human needs are widely neglected the humans will stop reproducing.
Capitalism kills humankind one way or another
I’m not sure if this is an issue due to capitalism, I think it’s an issue due to education and wealth. The more education and wealth a country has the lower average birth rate.
It’s creating a snowball effect in Japan, as schools, daycares and kindergartens close down it’s getting harder and harder to find people to watch kids when people need to work. Most daycares have waiting list and point systems determining how much “need” a set of parents have for daycare because there’s not enough of them.
Do you see the nightmare the world has become? Of course they are having fewer kids. Why would you want to bring an innocent life into this horrific bullshit?
Luigi the fuck out of the rich and the powerful + Re-distibute wealth fairly (in accordance with Veil of Ignorance) = Birth rate go up
Also not having the world’s most malignant pedophile narcississt predator con man be the US president would be a positive signal to folks thinkng about having kids.
Preach!
I want to have kids but I just can’t afford it
Chicken and egg scenario. The simplest position is that the economy screwed them first, making it almost entirely impossible to afford to bring up a family.
The vasectomy was the best thing I did for my kids.
