We are fed so many lies by those seeking to exploit us. The concept that bringing new life into the world is somehow required for a full and satisfying existence is, I suspect, the greatest lie of them all. The worst part is that the poor kids being thrust into lifetimes of suffering and servitude have absolutely no say in the matter.
Like #antinatalism, we are taught nothing about money, about corporate profit models, about death and dying, or about how to live a truly happy life.
EVERYTHING we are taught is instead designed to keep us distracted, dependent, depressed, afraid, obedient, docile, dumb, poor, and (re)PRODUCTIVE FOR THE MASTERS.
As this thread nicely illustrates, most parents cannot even consider this. They have to retreat in their logic to idiomatic expressions such as “fill the earth” or non-sequiturs such as “but my child will be different”. Few, if any, will be able to overcome their guilt and massive cognitive dissonance associated with their failed reasoning to reproduce.
This much I can understand, as I would feel immeasurable sadness if I had forced someone I love into a life sentence of suffering and servitude. The mental gymnastics I would bring to bear would be no less impressive and desperate. I would likely also call out to religion or other “faith” based heuristics to help assuage my guilt.
The problem though, is that even though there are already 8 billion of us, we are all raised by people who have made the grievous error of reproducing. Expecting these same people to be able to acknowledge their mistakes while at the same time trying to overcome the massive machine that pumps us full of pro-life propaganda unfortunately means that the over-population problem is unlikely to be solved any time soon.
Since 1950 alone, we have gone from 2.5 to 8 billion humans. The implications of this are absolutely staggering to consider yet we’ll continue to hear virtually nothing about it.
Keep breeding folks, everything is fine, nothing to see here.
#grownostr
#thinkdangerously
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2023-06-26 11:29:31
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