Procreation isn’t a sacred act anymore. It’s a recruitment strategy. Capitalism needs fresh labor. Empires need more bodies to throw at wars and wage gaps. And the ruling class needs you too busy and broke raising kids to organize.
It’s a pyramid scheme, but instead of protein powder or crypto, the product is existence itself. And just like any good scheme, those at the top get richer while the suckers at the bottom hold the bag–and in this case–the diaper.
They’ll tell you it’s “selfish” not to have kids. As if sacrificing your sanity, finances, and future for a planet on fire is selfless. As if love can only be proven through reproduction. As if creating another sentient being without consent isn’t the actual selfish act.
I don’t just hate kids. I hate the system that demands them. The system that hands them a crumbling world, then blames them when they can’t fix it fast enough.
So no, I won’t be “giving my parents grandkids.” I won’t be “building a legacy.” I’ll be here—fighting for a world where people are valued for more than what they produce or reproduce. Opting out isn’t nihilism. It’s resistance. It’s one less body for the machine to chew on. And besides, why bring someone else into this absurd mess when you can throw rocks at the throne instead?
Sisyphus Shrugged 
None of the rationalisations I’ve ever been presented with have persuaded me that breeding is a good idea. Especially on a doomed planet, I do wonder at the sanity of people who are always pushing for more children to take over screwing up the planet and hate immigrants, they are the same factory fodder.
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I’ve never heard a single altruistic reason for wanting children. Ask anybody why they had kids and their answer will always start with “I wanted” or “I needed.”
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