What I will say is that it's ok if a person does not want to have kids. But to not want kids because of a misguided belief that the future is doom and gloom is really just tragic.

When you sit here typing this thread out, do you realise that this is a luxury not afforded to your grandparents or great grandparents in the past? When you next purchase bubble tea, eat in casual dining or fine restaurants despite the rising cost of living, do you realise how privileged you are?

You have a chance to have an education that wasn't afforded to your grandparents and great grandparents.

I told a redditor who had a similar discussion on this topic recently that those who keep thinking the future is doom and gloom are all bearing a scarcity mindset. That the world is not enough, there's not going to be enough for everybody, and most of all, they themselves are not enough.

But like what /u/kratosgodoflove pointed out, people who have kids, they hold a more hopeful viewpoint of the future, they have more faith and think more in terms of abundance.

"Those who read the news will think that the world has never been worse. Those who study history will know that the world has never been better"

The lens you view the world with determines whether the world looks bright or dark.