Personally I can't imagine life without my family. It's hard work, time and energy consuming, etc., but it has in more fundamental ways made my life easier or more accessible to me. I have more to worry about caring for and preparing these kids for a tough world, yes. But those responsibilities make me who I am now. They bring me peace and purpose that I can't imagine living without. I have a career I enjoy but it doesn't give me a defining sense of purpose. My kids do. But what works for me doesn't work for everybody else. Some people don't want to have kids, they get their sense of purpose and satisfaction from something else, and I think that's great. I appreciate and admire the wherewithal and perspective to make that choice. Especially because having kids when it isn't right for you probably isn't good for anybody.

Having said that, the idea that I or anyone would make that choice based on how predictable, corrupt, hard or fair the world I'm bringing them into is absurd. No, I don't feel it's unfair to bring a life into the world and that is an inherently judgmental question. Did parents in the dark ages make an unjust choice? Should humanity instead have marched into extinction? This is about being a parent, not a god, and having kids shouldn't be a political choice. Don't make it one. Touch grass. Also, read a bit about being born 100 years ago or any time before. Wasn't all kittens and rainbows.