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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (41 children)

Antinatalist here - the rhetoric in that post is horrible, and is not representative of antinatalism as a whole.

Antinatalism isn’t the belief that a certain group shouldn’t reproduce - it’s that nobody should. The world is fucked, and nonconsensually bringing anyone into it is morally reprehensible. It’s not eugenics, it’s voluntary extinctionism.

For the people that have been born, however, everyone deserves respect and equity. Ableism, or any other kind of discrimination, is just wrong, and makes you a shitty person. Just like the person who made that post.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (14 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

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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