• AbsentBird@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Exactly what part of that is eugenics? Deciding not to have kids, or recognizing the environmental impact of the choice?

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        4 months ago

        “There’s too many people on earth” is a eugenicists talking point by affluent westerners. It’s a short slippery slope from there to completely dehumanizing humans born in nations deemed “lesser than”

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          4 months ago

          My main argument for antinatalism is that there are too many idiots willing to reproduce and raise children as bigger idiots than they are.

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            4 months ago

            Instead of dehumanizing people for being born in a crowded, exploited region you dehumanize them for being less educated than you.