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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

As much as I cherish my nephews and nieces, I myself could not in all good conscience bring a child into this toxic world.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Iโ€™ve chosen not to and I think everyone will be happier for it

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if good people stop having having children then there will only be the children of bad people

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Or people that are just more optimistic have them (whether the optimism is reasonable is a matter of opinion I suppose).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Optimism by its nature is unreasonable.

That's what makes it so powerful.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

optimism has great value, without optimism no one would try to make the world a better place