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I am curious if the majority of leftist people don't actually want children haha. There doesn't seem to be any studies about it, but my convos with leftists is that most don't seem to want to have children either for the uncertainty of the future or because they are too expensive or because it wouldn't give them too much time to organize or whatever other reason that I forgot about.

I personally lean on not having children because I have been laid off of several jobs and having someone financially dependent to me scares the shit out of me and would put my stress levels through the roof.

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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com -2 points 1 day ago

Nope, because I don't like kids. I'm not planning to maintain a poop factory and don't think I'd be interested in giving up my hobbies to help some teenager

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 day ago

I don't. Part of it is because of being trans and infertile, part of me wonders if I can handle it mentally and financially. And I missed out of my own childhood and teenagehood a little bit and I want to catch up and can't do that if I get children.

There's also the overpopulation concern.

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 day ago (10 children)

I'm a partial anti-natalist (only partially) but I don't hate children, ofc. And I do think that globally speaking, a falling birth rate is a major problem.

In regards to having children, I got a vasectomy over a year ago, and my Girl never wants to have biological children.

I almost definitely never want to have any children, period. But I wouldn't be completely against adoption, after we move to Chengdu one day.

But that would take decades' worth of personal growth/change from me.

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I already cut my balls off, my wife wants to cut of hers too, but we live in a patriarchal society where men can choose what their do with their bodies while women need two kids to do the same.

I'm antinatalist, but don't hate children. Would adopt, but my wife have not interest and isn't something I care that much.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

Plenty of people and societies make quite a fuss of men sterilising themselves, it sucks

[–] Dengalicious@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You aren’t a leftist if you are an anti-natalist. Anti-natalism is based on the assumption that life is more bad than good which is based on subjective views of the world (and has no basis in actual science). It’s not materialist. Secondly, anti-natalism is anti-human and therefore anti-worker. You cannot be a leftist anti-natalist much as you can’t be a leftist racist. Anti-natalism is extremely reactionary.

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml -4 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Anti-natalism isn't inherently anti-human or anti-worker, that is laughable.

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