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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's the same argument I use for not having kids.

Also, I have a dog.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A kid can take care of you when you're old. This is particularly pronounced in the developing world, where it's much harder to save for retirement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And I'm being called crazy :-) This is one of the worst and most sad reason for having kids.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So? cheap labor?!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yes. Cheap labor. That's about it. In tendency of course, not generally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sad sure, but is it really crazy though? They're getting taken care of by someone because their government has failed them.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From a pure biological standpoint: No, absolutely. From an intelligent being's standpoint: Yes. Sure, the gov fails the average Joe left and right. Nothing new here, but the last thing I could think of to do anything against this, would be to add another slave-worker dreading its life to this world. Especially not mainly so it could care for my old ass when I can't do so anymore. It's just the epitome of egocentrism. To me at least.

Sure i can speak easy because I don't have to worry about being cared for, but if I could not, I'd prefer a bullet to the head at the right point in time over burdening my offspring with my care. And they doing the same later, and so on and so on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Will you do that when you're old, or will you just burden someone else's slave-worker kids?

Qualify of life could improve significantly within a lifetime. We're squandering resources on 1% of people.