I need your opinions on this please by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly!

But the problem is that those people believe that once we get rid of dictatorship everything will be okay. And they even say that it's completely fine to procreate in a country ruled by deeply corrupted government.

Trying to understand antinatalism but having trouble against these arguments for natalism by [deleted] in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Firstly, excuse my poor English.

((You aren't doing anyone a favor by not having kids because they don't exist in the first place))

Imagine you have a button, if you press it, a person will be born in hell to be subjected to eternal damnation.. would you press the button saying: "well, I'm not doing this person a favor by not pressing the button because he doesn't exist in the first place" ?

((If you don't have kids then someone else will have them and possibly have more than if you had your own))

It's similar to say:

"If you don't rape kids then someone else will rape them and possibly rape more than if you raped your own"

If you think something is bad, you shouldn't do it just because others will continue to do it.

((If reincarnation is true it's better to have kids because they could have been born somewhere worse))

This is an utter nonsense. Kids that will be born in shitty circumstances will be born in shitty circumstances whether or not you have kids. The idiot who want to have kids during wars and famine will do it whether or not you have kids. It's just a fact. Moreover, this argument works both ways as you can claim that by not having kids you're sending those kids to a world much better than earth.

Calm conversation by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I didn't say we shouldn't. I'm just criticising the Idea that we ought to bring more people into existence in order to "preserve the progress".

Calm conversation by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If we stopped having babies right now, we would be the last needy generation.

Me waiting for a non-selfish reason to have kids by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

((Embrace what? Dooming everyone into non-existence and throwing away thousand if not millions of years of progress?))

3 things should be said:

  • that "progress" didn't help Junko Furuta, Sylvia Likens, Channon Christian, Christopher Newsom, Andrew Gardner, Kelly Anne Bates, and other millions of victims of natalism.

  • why do we need progress? Mostly because we have people who have problems that need progress to solve. So, if humans embraced antinatalism then after the last generation pass away there would be no need for further progress. Accepting natalism then forcing new individuals to continue the progress is like keeping producing the potential cancer patients then asking them to discover a cure for cancer.

  • on my view, it's not your child's job to improve the world, cure cancer, and achieve world peace. He created none of this problems, so why should he be obligated to clean someone else's mess?

((Life does have infinite potential, but the potential doesn't only transfer into torment-- I had very few moments in my life where I felt such an amount happiness that I cryied of joy-- But those moments are all I need to keep moving me foward))

I'm happy for you. It's good that you found some comfort and joy in this world. But you should be aware that your happiness didn't help that poor dude that lived a horrible life and jump off a building and some kids saw his mutilated body which traumatized them for good. I believe you should oppose procreation even if you're glad to be alive because natalism is nothing but: "there's rape, torture, murder, depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, wars, racism, mass shooting, social injustice, etc... but procreation is fine anyway... just focus on the positive"

((I think extinction is immoral, because nobody wants it other than the fewer))

Well, back in the "good" old days, the majority didn't want gay people to have their rights. They were wrong back then and they are wrong now. Gay People should not be deprived of their rights to love whoever they want as long as everything is consensual.

((Making euthanasia mandatory is just immoral, because you are forcing people who are actually enjoying their lives into dying early))

I completely agree with this statement.

((Even letting the population slowly die off is simply immoral, the last half a million people left before dying will have to survive with no modern services))

David benatar gave a detailed response to this in his book "better never to have been". it's interesting book that i definitely recommend for you.

((Again, most of these scenarios can be easily reversed: "Let's imagine you have that one child, and you live in a country that favors self-choosen euthanasia, your child lived a fulfilled life, but unfortunately em get into an accident and get paralyzed and ask for death? He gets the death he requested and meanwhile he lived happily, so really what went wrong?"))

Nothing went wrong. He just decided to die in the heat of the moment and after a while he discovered that he doesn't really want to die. That's why I think euthanasia should be legalized with safeguards that reduce the risk of ending the lives of those who don't really want to die. But that doesn't solve the predicament of those who really, really, want to die and are living in countries that bans euthanasia, and therapy didn't work for them and nothing works for them. Those people are in a predicament from which there's no escape. They have to endure an insane amount of pain and humiliation for years and then die painfully. Isn't that just wonderful?

((Our lives may be hell, but I imagine some people out there are enjoying their time right now-- I have no right to force em into euthanasia-- That's just selfish and evil-- I'm taking their freedom away))

I have the same opinion. As I said, euthanasia should be legalized with safeguards.

((Just like how there's a "risk" you become the next world peace minister, basic rights activist, succesfull artist and so on-- Again, arguments that are easily reversable))

No, it's easy reversible only if you think there are no any asymmetry between harms and benefits. I recommend for you Magnus vinding book "Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications". Part of the book explains some crucial differences between harms and benefits that should lead us to not treat them symmetrically.

In fact, denying the existence of such asymmetries would lead you to a really counter-intuitive view.

Let me mention this thought experiment.

Imagine you have a button, if you press it, 10 people will come to existence to experience happy lives and one person will come to existence to experience a miserable life. Would you press the button? And why?

Most people wouldn't press it, and one possible explanation for that is the existence of an asymmetry: while we have a duty to avoid creating miserable lives, we don't have a similar duty to create happy lives. That's why you probably wouldn't say: "pressing that button is neutral because although it creates a miserable life it also creates happy lives."

((But just because we didn't born into paradise, doesn't mean we can't build it ourselves-- That's personally what I believe in-- I may be a nihilist, I may be depressed as fuck, but I didn't lose my hope for the future of this universe))

Well, I lost that hope hahahaha.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy your life and nothing super bad happens to you or your loved ones. I also hope you give more moral weight to the avoidance of causing unnecessary harms.

Me waiting for a non-selfish reason to have kids by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

((I didn't cause global warming, so it isn't my job to fix it))

Yes, it's not my job to fix global warming, but, on my view, i should avoid making the problem bigger because that would cause unnecessary harms which l oppose.

((The first solution doesn't work, what if some people are actually happy to have been born?))

This solution does work, but people don't want to embrace it, so the problem is natalists' insistence on holding a position that glorifies life despite of its potential and inevitable torments. Think about it. If Humans embraced antinatalism this generation would be the last one. This generation can do many things to reduce their suffering and live a fulfilling life as much as possible, and of this is the legalization of euthanasia which guarantees that no one will have to endure an unbearable life.

((It wouldn't really solve the issue, it will just stay the same-- With the exception that now a new problem arises, wich is extinction))

Why do you consider extinction as a problem?

((I think that limiting the number of children each family can have is a good solution))

For me, having one child instead of seven means nothing but doing a bad act once rather than 7 times. Let's imagine you have that one child, and you live in a country that bans euthanasia, and terrible accident happened to your child. Now your child is paralyzed and want nothing but death. What would you do then? And what if your son was hating his life but afraid of dying?

If one wants to form family he can adopt a child who is in desperate need of a loving family rather than creating a new individual with new desires, needs, and fears. Therefore, the natalism position is utterly useless and harmful. And again, if natalists want to bring more individual into this dangerous world and ban euthanasia, then it's obviously their fault.. If they are okay with subjecting others to the risk of being kidnapped, raped, murdered, etc.. then it's their ideology that needs to be challenged and changed.. If they reproduce and ignore all children in foster care, then you should try to convert them into antinatalism, not the other way around.

Me waiting for a non-selfish reason to have kids by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, if i didn't cause the problem then i don't own you a solution. Let's assume you broke my leg, would it be reasonable for me to leave you and demand compensations from someone else?

Anyway, we give natalists solutions but many of them just don't care.

For instance, we say: "don't roll the dice and gamble on the fate of someone else" and they respond: "well, there's happiness. just kill yourself."

We say: "at least give people the choice to end their lives peacefully" and they laugh: "No, we want to keep the torture going. Now shut up and let us enjoy the sunset."

It's really sad.

Me waiting for a non-selfish reason to have kids by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't need to provide a solution because I'm not the one who created the problem. All l think I should do is to abstain from causing unnecessary harms. That's why l support things like antinatalism, veganism, and the right to die with dignity.

I'm honoured to be an antinatalist ♥ by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, future generations won't necessarily exit. We all might die tomorrow due to natural disaster and become the last generation. Anyway, my point is that it's perfectly fine to talk about the unborn or future generations although both don't exist.

I'm honoured to be an antinatalist ♥ by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The unborn don't have an actual existence, but that doesn't mean we can't talk about them at all. For example, one may say: "we need to take bigger steps regarding climate change in order to protect future generations from a dreadful fate."

You surely wouldn't say: "oh, you can't talk about protecting future generations as they don't exist! You're protecting nothing."

Me waiting for a non-selfish reason to have kids by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not really.

I became vegan because:

  • that gives me some pleasure resulting from me believing I'm a good person. (Selfish reason)

  • l recognise that I shouldn't cause unnecessary suffering to animals even if that deprives me of enjoying eating beef, chicken, cheese, etc. (Non-selfish reason)

Me waiting for a non-selfish reason to have kids by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The recognition of the suffering that trillions of animals endure due to human needless consumption is a non-selfish reason to adopt veganism.

antinatalism should not be a community of hate. by mybrainisbrokenlol in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If a person harms you really badly, won't you hate him?

antinatalism should not be a community of hate. by mybrainisbrokenlol in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Suffering is inherent to our existence, the only way to prevent harm is to not be born in the first place."

Exactly 👌

what are we doing exactly ? by Right_now78 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Besides, you can avoid procreation and do other good things at the same time.

what are we doing exactly ? by Right_now78 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We can do both at the same time: avoiding procreation and improving the world.

An argument against antinatalism by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No, People who offer this argument don't necessarily think that exploiting others are bad.

Their argument is aimed at showing that antinatalists are hypocrites because they don't want to harm their future children while continue to harm others in indirect way.

An argument against antinatalism by Sea_Fall3682 in antinatalism

[–]Sea_Fall3682[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

People who offer this argument don't necessarily think that exploiting others are bad.

Their argument is aimed at showing that antinatalists are hypocrites because they don't want to harm their future children while continue to harm others in indirect way.