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I'm a long time.lurker there before leaving reddit for good. I've seen most of the posts for years.
Antinatalism is not a depression cult, though it does attract that type but more of a "we see life as a net negative experience and it isn't our right to inflict it on others".
It's why they're so pro adoption since those kids are already born so the damage has been done. I don't think those people are depressed or suicidal.
I'm 40 so I've been around. Ever since middle school I knew I love my theoretical kids too much to have them born into this world. So far, there hasn't been any kind of evidence or experience I had to change my mind. I'm a wage slave. My "kids" would be wage slaves. They might have to fight in resource wars when climate change or rise of Nazis start really ramping up. I don't want them to have a worse life than me and I cannot provide or promise one. I don't think there ever was a time in history where procreation was a good idea.
You can do everything right and still get a rocket dropped on your home. Your kids can still become target practice for the next psycho at school. Hell, your kids could become the psychos! Every evil person that exists or has has been someone's "beautiful baby".
To me this comes off as gambling. You are gambling that you will have a bright, kind, Neurotypical kid that will grow up to be great and spread happiness and what not.
Thing I don't get is why people find Antinatalist philosophy so goddamn triggering. We can't change your mind you are going to do whatever the fuck you want. So many hateful responses to it when you can just walk away. Why?
And as far as the OG post, if you are autistic, know that autism is hereditary and still have kids in spite of all that, that's an evil sadistic act! How can you hate your theoretical kids so damn much? I feel sorry for them, but fuck the mother.
Absolutely it is a eugenics flavored death cult
Gambling where your actions and your relatives actions can impact 95% of the results is gambling. Never heard of a school shooters who had a perfectly normal education before. Either they were brought up to be like that or drifted away toward horrors with no one giving a damn
It is very good to read a theoritical book, but the first thing outsiders will look at are the followers of said philosophy. And for antinatalist they are a shittons of eugenicist and insensitive people. The main virtual breeding ground for that philosophy is reddit. Already said everything but let's go on. There I saw a post by a man whose sister announced him she was pregnant and he reacted by berating her, throwing mean and spiteful remarks and every comment was cheering him and trashing the woman. The real question is : why are antinatalist so triggered and hateful towards even their loved ones who don't follow their philosophy ? The reality portrayed by antinalist is one where they are bothered by family members trying to convince them to have kids or weirded out that you don't want one while they disown their sisters who get pregnant.
And i won't talk about the misoginy