For those who don’t know: Antinatalism, or anti-natalism, is a philosophical position and social movement that assigns a negative value to birth. Antinatalists argue that people should abstain from procreation because it is morally bad (some also recognize the procreation of other sentient beings as morally bad). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism

  • @queer_bird
    3•4 years ago

    Well, I don’t think personally choosing not to have children or to adopt instead really makes you an anti-natalist. Me and my partner have decided to never breed, but we certainly don’t buy into capitalist ideas like overpopulation being the cause of world hunger. I don’t even think telling people it is a good idea to adopt as an alternative is anti-natalist strictly speaking. I also don’t think climate issues are inherent with a large population.

    • @Hildegarde
      1•4 years ago

      Also, I don’t really identify as antinatalist and maybe some antinatalists are like that. IDK, these are just my personal beliefs and having children is your own decision, I only ever ask people to self-reflect and consider alternatives.

      I should’ve opened with this, but i said this below