I think everyone that is brought into existence suffers harm. I just can’t fathom how people go through obviously traumatic experiences and still have the guts to subject the unborn to the same horror. I think the unborn should remain unborn to eschew future suffering. What if they end up battling anxiety, crippling depression, victims of injustice ?? We cannot measure the extent of these harms but one thing for sure is, you cannot walk out of life unscathed. My thoughts.
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I agree. I too think that it is selfish and cruel to make a new human to face all this suffering.
Mine too.
Hmm antinatalism. My thoughts on this are kind of conflicted. On the one hand I wish I had never been born. I don’t particularly enjoy this existence. This world is a harsh unjust environment. Yet, since I was born I cling to this existence. it is all I know, and lack of existence is a terrifying prospect. It is hard for the human mind to think that absence of self. If I had simply never been born I wouldn’t have to worry about that dissonance.
So, no I would never want to have children. I think people that choose to have children do so for mostly selfish reasons. They think it will enrich their lives, and give their lives more meaning. It is more about how they hope it will positively effect their existence.
yeah having children is selfish, it makes no sense, you are just birthing creatures that are destined to suffer…. We should just let ourselves die out. Also having children doesn’t even make sense currently anyway, since there is an abundance of children that nobody wants it would honestly make more sense to take one of those if for some reason you desire having a child to have to care for.
Not going to deny the huge amount of suffering in the world (much of it unnecessary.) But perhaps that’s outweighed by all the positive experiences most people get from life.
I mean when I look around, most people seem pretty content. They enjoy friendships, relationships, love, children, careers, hobbies. They seem happy enough finding someone to settle down with, raising their family, retiring, then dying. Yes, everybody experiences loss, and most have some amount of tragedy. But they seem able to brush it off.
I often feel like maybe it would be better if no one lived, and that life isn’t worthwhile for anyone. But perhaps that’s just my warped thinking. Maybe most people are fine, and it’s just my life that’s not worthwhile.