Why does there seem to be a connection between vegan anarchism and anti-natalism? The idea of anti-natalism makes me incredibly depressed, and I do not agree with it, but I’m open to commentary and debate.

  • poVoq@lemmy.ml
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    4 years ago

    Never heard of “anti-natalism”, but I can guess: Vegan-anarchism is often going together with primitivist-anarchist or anti-civ type of ideas, and those can only work if the total world population is significantly reduced.

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      4 years ago

      Not quite an anarcho-primitivist idea, it’s the idea that it’s morally wrong to have children.

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        4 years ago

        Ah because of the idea that they are not aware of their existence (and cannot choose as that) before they are born, right?

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          Not quite. One of the main reasons is that life is kinda shitty, and by having children you are condemning them to shittines.