Overpopulation, nuclear threat, climate change, environment, food insecurities, inflation etc, are they all valid reasons for not having kids?
I was watching this video, wondering if today's world, despite all its challenges, is worse than, say 100 years ago, when people had more kids?
I am convinced that we're by far better off. More physical comfort, better food, healthier, safer (thanks to nuclear bombs!) and In my mind, raising pets instead of kids proves my point.
I have subscribed to this doctor's yt channel, and enjoy listening his reflections, but despite all my admiration, I believe that choosing to enjoy the work of other people's kids, while not having some of your own is selfish towards society.
Thoughts?
TLDW: you can easily watch the video at 3x speed
I don't think that all people who decide not to have kids are selfish, but this does indeed seem like a selfish perspective.
But the bottom line for me is, I don't think people who think like this should be having kids, haha
lol, nice one!
There's no overpopulation or climate disincentive unique to this era, though people that believe there is are right to drop-out of the gene pool.
There are certainly economic and cultural factors of great concern, but the only question you have to answer then on the subject is are you the resistance or a nihilistic loser?
The world is mostly empty of humans. No overpopulation in 80% of the globe
I haven't watched this video because all of this propaganda was pushed since the early 20th Century. Planned Parenthood was originally and still is a eugenics program. Pay attention to this, the same people who want to help you with you medical health also want you know about over population. That's a big tell.
https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2515046072?profile=original
Swami Prabhupada's take on this is very clear:
https://iskcondesiretree.com/profiles/blogs/overpopulation
In another example Prabhupada was questioned on overpopulation and clearly he states that there is no question about this because we are always fighting and we want to live like cats and dogs. Here he is interviewed:
Morning Walk — May 11, 1975, Perth
The idea of overpopulation is an atheist and materialist term. The undesirable people are to be encouraged to live wastefully, indulge, fight, have random sex, masturbate, marry the same sex, change gender (sterilize), raise pets (pet parent!), control birth, abortion, drink, eat animals, don't eat animal products (contradiction? No.) and take poison in moderation... Why? Because scarcity is manufactured by Fiat. It is declared by those who supply the market with things. This may even go back to the Phoenicians who were brilliant traders and navigators who also spread stories about the ends of the Earth so that competition didn't take their parts of the market!
What a silly goose.
Look, if you base your judgment on incorrect descriptions of the world, you're going to make poor choices.
Shitty map means shitty outcomes
Also, Brian Caplan has shaped a lot of my views on the topic https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Reasons-Have-More-Kids/dp/0465028616
I have the book, but haven't opened yet. Was thinking about it while watching the video.