CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world to childfree@lemmy.world · 1 year agoI actually don't know how to cross-post but this meme belongs herelemmy.worldimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down134
arrow-up1208arrow-down1imageI actually don't know how to cross-post but this meme belongs herelemmy.worldCombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world to childfree@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoBecause they had a bad life and think they were “forced to be born (and then new humans would live a life as miserable as theirs)”
minus-squareslouching_employer@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoEveryone that has existed did have existence forced upon them though. Doesn’t mean you have to be miserable, but existing was not a consensual decision (as far as we are currently able to understand).
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoGifts aren’t consensual ;)
Because they had a bad life and think they were “forced to be born (and then new humans would live a life as miserable as theirs)”
Everyone that has existed did have existence forced upon them though.
Doesn’t mean you have to be miserable, but existing was not a consensual decision (as far as we are currently able to understand).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benatar
Gifts aren’t consensual ;)