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I can't imagine having a kid today like you're selfish as hell because you have got to be fully aware that kid is going to grow up in a hellscape
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Anonymous 6w

It would be selfish to teach your kids irresponsible viewpoints on the world and unrealistic expectations and standards, to have a kid isn’t selfish, only how you raise them could be selfish

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Anonymous 6w

Nothing is as bad as the person telling you wants you to believe

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Anonymous 6w

It won’t change if there is no new generations to pick up where the last ones fail. If anything, the opposite is a bit selfish.

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Anonymous 6w

The world has always been shitty. A thousand years ago we had plague. A hundred years ago we had two world wars. Today we have drastic climate change. Every child ever has grown up in a world riddled with problems. Calling people selfish for doing what mankind has done ever since it began is incredibly nearsighted, naive, and uptight.

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Anonymous replying to -> landtrust 6w

I mean there is truth in this, but the world just isn't set up to give normal kids a good life anymore. I don't really have faith that it'll turn around enough either

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

I want kids because that’s a core part of the human experience

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Anonymous replying to -> landtrust 6w

And struggle is also part of that experience

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Anonymous replying to -> landtrust 6w

But to what extent, ya know? How much struggling are you willing to put yourself and your kid through just because you want a kid? At what point is having a kid irresponsible because they'll be growing up in a world where their entire life will be a struggle?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

I mean you can raise your kid perfectly and they'll still be able to form their own viewpoints and opinions as they get older

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

My life’s not so bad. Just don’t be a pessimist

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Anonymous replying to -> landtrust 6w

I want to have a good outlook for the future, but it isn't looking too great and it'll be really hard to make any decent good progress. It truly only takes one thing for your good life to turn completely upside down

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6w

yea and climate change can do the plague mixed with extreme temps and extreme weather events which can cause food shortages. ontop of the deregulations already causing issues with food when there isn't a shortage. we also have ai agents that if placed in the wrong hands can cause mass casualty events or hack into the electrical grid. so it's like all the issues of the past plus our new issues and there's no solutions or care bc of greed and unless that changes, but climate is fucked too late

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

wont change unless people in power consistently want to actually help people and not just keep power. any generation can fall for this like you can make hella progress and then go backwards 100 years from one generation and it starts all over again

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

humans are majorly flawed

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