KKKlean Energy posted:

Without asking people who believe that to be the case I can only guess, but I reckon it's something along the lines of (a) the childless are selfish because their parents sacrificed a lot to have them, and they're opting to end the family line just so they don't have to make the same sacrifices, (b) the same, but with regard to society, country, or humanity rather than just parents, or the rather ill-thought out (c) i'm suffering so you should suffer too


Incidentally, I recently got married and we have opted not to have kids. If we could afford to have kids and still have sizeable income left over, we probably would, but doing so in our current situation would leave us with no spare money. One of my colleagues came back to work from maternity leave and said something along the lines of "so you're married now, when are you having kids?" to which I said something along the lines of "we're not having kids, we're going to spend our money travelling instead". She didn't really comment, but I got a vibe of "oh well gently caress you then".