• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I once had a girlfriend tell me she aborted a baby I’d fathered. At the time I was surprised (I learned there was a baby), puzzled, saddened, depressed, and I went to have a drink (ok, several).

    But of course she was right.
    What kind of lunatic would raise children nowadays?

    However The problem is that only lunatics would raise children nowadays. So we’ll end up with people raised by lunatics. Our species will drift towards lunacy. (Ok, we’re already looneys) Is it realistic to throw kids into the boiling pot to counter the crazy ones? Or should we just let the crazies fight amongst themselves?

    I’m for the lmatter (also I won’t be there, so it’s not like I care, unless I can haunt them, in which case theyre going to fucking suffer), what’s your POV?

    • eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 days ago

      As much as I’d like humanity to improve, it feels off to task my not-yet-existent child with trying to fix humanity. It still simply doesn’t feel right to bring a child into this existence, and it still doesn’t feel right to task them with fixing it all.

      If I had more hope that very serious improvements are guaranteed, I might be more keen on it. As it currently sits, it’s not my unborn child’s job to fix what I failed to fix.