…when bringing a child into the world is possibly the most selfish thing there is. What could possibly be more self-serving than “you know what this world could use? An extra dose of me and my genetic material to unleash and eventually have to fend for itself.”

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    Considering the state of the world, it’s selfish to force a child to live in it, just because You wanted a cute baby to play with for a couple of months.

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      See my other comment for more, but yes. It’s selfish to bring new life into the world for your personal wants when there are already so many who need loving homes.

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        Thats one of the things that got me fucked up the about people who choose to not be childfree.

        We have confirmed that there are dozens of thousands of unadopted minors RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW in almost all countries already… and yet …breeders choose to ignore these minors who also need a parents’ love and just make their own? Why?!

        What makes these certain unadopted minors so evil that they dont ALSO deserve a parent’s love?

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    And also one more thing. If a childfree person is ‘selfish’ as they say what benefit will they give the world by giving birth to a child and raisimg them? They will raise that child to be equally selfish OR they will selfishly not raise that kid correctly and create another deranged adult.

    What does humanity gain from either of these situations?