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      Then you’re leaving the future to them.

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            If noone is cultivating and passing on positive culture, it’s not making the chances of reducing suffering any better is my point.

            ETA: I am not, to be clear, trying to say that having children is, in itself, a morally/ethically good thing. Generally, it is neutral but may be otherwise depending on one’s situation. Choosing whether or not to have children is a personal choice - what’s right for one might not be for another. Declaring others morally/ethically wrong for having children is myopic and likely a result of projecting one’s experience into others.

            In addition, antinatalism is bordering on eco-fascism, which is not ok. It seems most commonly expressed to make one feel superior while not putting in effort to effect positive change, like anti-electoralism/accelerationism.

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        Adoption. Community building. Helping the disenfranchised.

        These are all methods of bettering the future without pumping another child into this world. And arguably, they’re morally better than having a child.

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          I didn’t know these where mutually exclusive.

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            You were the one who implied that, by saying that not having children leaves it up to those who will.

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              Have you or are you planning to adopt a child?