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Antinatalism Is The Ultimate Ideological Checkmate

Antinatalism is the philosophy that it is immoral to have children. Because not existing is neutral but when you create a human being you might be creating thousands of generations of suffering.  Person: "Capitalism is great because Communism is bad." Me: "If Capitalism is the best we can do it's time to call it quits and be antinatalists." Person: "We need an exponentially growing human population for the economy." Me: " The planet is finite and space colonization is an impossible fantasy. Humans are in population overshoot and it's time for a controlled collapse of population instead of an involuntary one." Person: "It's selfish not to have children." Me: "All the reasons people have children are selfish. From racial or religious competition to not dying alone to the pension system and healthcare." Person: "Civilization is great because living in nature is horrible." Me: "Civilization is unsustaina...