• ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Yes, but if everyone gives up then there’ll be no-one in 100 years, and if decent folk give up then it’ll only be cunts in 100 years. I would like a future of non-cunty people.

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      5 months ago

      You’re assuming that people whose parents are shitty will stay shitty, which is absolutely not the case. We should invest in education, mental healthcare, and child protective services to help prevent that.

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              5 months ago

              Is it helping anybody act so obtuse? Or maybe you find it amusing? To me it just looks like you’re steering a well intensioned conversation into a muddy pit.

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                5 months ago

                I originally tried to point out to someone who was glad that they don’t have children due to the current future prospects that actually there is a strong argument that children are necessary, but should be raised better. The person who replied to me initially said that there are too many people, implying that there should be no more children, but then said services to improve children’s prospects should be invested in. What would be the point in having such services if we’ve already given up on having future children? Isn’t nihilism counter to social investment?