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Came across this community in my feed, and after browsing a bit I'm intrigued.

As an "outsider", I would have assumed this place would be about enjoying a childfree lifestyle, but it seems to be more than that.

For example, I see lots of posts and comments that seem to allude to extinctionism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Movement

That caught me off guard since I figured this place would be more like "look at all this free time and money and freedom I have to enjoy my life to the fullest in any way I want". Now I'm curious.

It seems like there's a whole spectrum of ideas that are getting lumped into the same bucket. What's your take? What brought you here?

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[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't like kids and I don't want them in my house. I'm polite and kind to them should the need arise, but I'd rather not have them near me. I also like money and freedom.

That said I also fully support socialized childcare, healthcare, education, and employment programs so that the children that do exist in the world are well taken care of and can grow up into healthy, well-adjusted adults.