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I wasn't confusing the terms, and I and lots of people can and should care. That's why I reiterate that I take a softer approach. I think more people should be aware that it's perfectly okay to not have biological children, and that choosing to have biological children isn't inherently good or altruistic, and does have some element of selfishness.

I figure that if people understood all of that upfront (and ofc living in a socialist society) that child abuse will drastically decrease when all the cards are out on the table, so to speak.

As the saying goes, "every child needs a parent, but not every parent needs a child".

I call myself a partial anti-natalist, the same as classifying myself as a Marxist-Leninist, it's a specific addition, alteration or subset of a larger category or umbrella.

Most Marxists, for instance, wouldn't want to be associated with Pol Pot.

I and lots of other people didn't consent to being born, even if that is a ridiculous-sounding claim. Obviously, no one can consent to that, but every life should be treated with the upmost care and possibility, and life should be something that everyone can take part in and have a good time. And sometimes I do regret that I exist, even if that sounds stupid. But I think even most people with depression and shit can generally agree that we'd rather be born, than not.

I maintain that anti-natalism isn't nearly the same as wanting all of humanity dead, or that there aren't eventual positives to birth.