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Anti-natalism is the philosophical value judgment that procreation is unethical or unjustifiable. Antinatalists thus argue that humans should abstain from making children. Some antinatalists consider coming into existence to always be a serious harm. Their views are not necessarily limited only to humans but may encompass all sentient creatures, arguing that coming into existence is a serious harm for sentient beings in general. There are various reasons why antinatalists believe human reproduction is problematic. The most common arguments for antinatalism include that life entails inevitable suffering, death is inevitable, and humans are born without their consent. Additionally, although some people may turn out to be happy, this is not guaranteed, so to procreate is to gamble with another person's suffering. WIKIPEDIA

If you think, maybe for a few years, like 10-20 years, no one should make babies, and when things get better, we can continue, then you are not an anti-natalist. Anti-natalists believe that suffering will always be there and no one should be born EVER.

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[โ€“] deathbird@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's incredibly stupid, but for those who truly believe in it it's fine as long as they just use it as a guiding principle in their own lives. But it tends to attract the passionate sort, as any theoretically "anti-suffering" ideology will, so idk, I circle back to it's stupid.

Does someone need an explainer about why suffering is natural, okay, not inevitable, and certainly not the only thing a being can feel? Or that the world is actually quite nice, but we generate suffering within ourselves?

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Well, I don't know about okay. I'd give it a pretty shit review actually.

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[โ€“] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 week ago

I don't think it's fine to think other people are assholes for having kids but I think it's completely fine to not want to being a kid into this world

[โ€“] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

I'm against human reproduction.

[โ€“] Onyxonblack@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm a Misanthropic Anti-Natalist. I hate humankind. I also hate life in all its forms. Life is simply a universal byproduct of the thermodynamic process of Entropy. It's nothing special or sacred. I don't even like the sound of human voices, of any sort. Only music with no vocals. We are nightmare creatures; evil apes. I don't value capitalism or materialist possessions. I want to die. I am still here because there are people who care about me still alive.

So yeah, fuck this existence. We humans are a cancerous plastic-creating poison upon this planet. Hopeless and pathetic.

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[โ€“] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I think all moral reasoning should be outlawed and philosophers should be shot.

This will lead to a significant increase in life, prosperity, happiness and/or bring about the messiah. Either way it's the right thing to do.

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