• Cylusthevirus@kbin.social
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    Wow, the Church of Shar exists in the real world.

    I think your belief system is a rare example actual Evil. You’re literally advocating for the elimination of music, of art, of science, of anyone who could even appreciate those things. No more Rembrandt or Dali or Mozart or … anything. And you’ve gotten so twisted up inside, ostensibly because some people live sad, hard lives, that you think that’s a good thing.

    Dude, find a therapist. This is no way to live.

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      I’m advocating for the elimination of poverty, disease, death, pollution, war, hate, and all human suffering.

      Sure, there are some neat things in this world that are worth experiencing if you were forced to live. If you’re already alive, of course you should seek to find happiness and enjoyment in the little time you have.

      Still doesn’t justify forcing more people into the world to exacerbate the problems we have - overpopulation being a major one.

      It’s not evil. Things were fine before us, and things will be fine after us.

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        “Things” were not observable by anything with the capability to designate them as such, so no they were not “fine” in any meaningful sense of the word.

        You’re literally doing the speech the villain does to make him seem reasonable.

        I am literally begging you to find a therapist.

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          Semantics, but if you really want to get into it, a lack of ability for things to be good or bad is still better than the existence and perpetuation of suffering.

          Also, responding to differing worldviews with “see a therapist” and comparing them to a villain is fucking disgusting

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            How could it be better? There’d be no one around to make that judgment call, so it’s a fundamentally illogical statement.

            And I calls em like I sees em Mr. Saturday Morning Cartoon Villain Apologist.

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                Surely the core arguments that an anti-natalist might bring forward apply to any sentient beings, right? Like, a cat didn’t give prior consent to existing any more than a human did. Ergo, I do think it’s reasonable to point out that there would be no observer that could witness, much less enjoy any benefit from, the anti-natalist ideal world.

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      Brother if you think advocating for less population is “actual Evil” you’re in for a real hard time out in the world.

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          Your assuming antinatalism is a plague that will infect everyone with “I aint having kids”. 99% of people out here trying to have ten kids it seems. There are more trans people than antinatalists. Y’all are freaking out about a niche philosophy.

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        They’re not advocating for a lower population. They’re advocating for human extinction.

        As in, we should all let the torch of consciousness burn out. I don’t know if I’d call it evil, but it’s definitely one of those severely misguided takes that you almost exclusively see on the internet.

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          It’s bound to happen.

          At current rate we will never leave this planet, and it will die. If not by climate change then the Sun will go Red Giant and swallow us. Or a meteor. Something. All species will go extinct sometime.

          You’re here afraid a few people believing that we should go extinct when there are 8 billion people and rising is gonna cause actual extinction. Fucking calm your tits, dude.

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      Isn’t it just the belief that nobody should have kids though? I’d have thought the while extinction part would rank higher than the culture loss. And evil seems a bit extreme, sounds more like apathy and loss of hope to me. Not saying there aren’t some messed up people in the group though.

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        sounds more like apathy and loss of hope to me.

        Yeah, this. My biggest issue with the fundamental anti-natalist position is that it’s a totally blackpilled one that ultimately devalues any positive experiences life brings when compared with even the potential for any bad thing to happen, regardless of magnitude.

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      Arguing that people must exist so as to maintain art and science is rather silly. Art and science exist for our utility; we are under no obligation to them. If people decide not to reproduce, that is their right.