Marxist analysis of antinatalism? (lemmygrad.ml)

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It's basically the philosophy that it is wrong to have children. But what is the material cause to this belief, along with other beliefs that antinatalists have? (including efilism, basically the philosophy that all life should end)

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[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Theoretically yes, and i did read such antinatalists, but many of them when questioned further inevitably express neomalthusian sentiments. As in, it's not exclusive and actually very close to one another and the overlap is high.

[-] mulcahey@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, there are some folks who overlap, but it's not inevitable. There are principled antinatalists who don't want anything to do with the Malthusians. David Benatar is a good example. His question is, "is it moral to create a being that can & will suffer?" That's a question that has nothing to do with the size of the population/resources.

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