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Mee@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Number of Americans who never want kids doubled in 20 years

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Number of Americans who never want kids doubled in 20 years

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Mee@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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A new study finds the number of nonparents who never want children is growing in the United States.
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    People without financial security: “kids are too expensive and I would be exhausted trying to provide for them”

    People with financial security: “I’m having a good time, adding a kid to this mix would really require a step back in my lifestyle.”

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      There’s also the moral question of “do I want to add a living person to the world I wish I didn’t exist in?”

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        That’s why I think if I’m gonna have a kid some day it will be via adoption.

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        Even if money weren’t an issue for me, I’d be worried my pessimistic outlook on life would crush my potential child’s spirit.

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        If you are person number 2 and thus having good time you probably would want to share the good time

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          If I am seen as person number 2 and not just a human being that exists and has autonomy and feelings

          Then I am probably not having a good time

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            Bizarre comment

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              So is calling someone person number 2.

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      And yet the people most concerned about birth rates fight the hardest against anything that would make people have more kids

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        The irony is palpable. Bernie Sanders in 2015/2016 had the most pro-child campaign since Obama first ran, and Sanders never even mentioned “birth rates”.

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      deleted by creator

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        See I would compare it to the permanent dread of bringing children into a world that you knew would not be a good life for them given the trajectory we are locked into now.

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          I don’t really understand that argument but I guess ok, like it’s not gonna be some kind of apocalypse. People gonna be fine and your kids too

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            No, no they won’t

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              don’t feed the trolls

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              Define they won’t

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        There’s a void? Man. Must suck.

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