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bergra wrote

I think it's privileged thinking because most working class people need children to look after us in our old age.

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asterism wrote (edited )

eww.

"Lets have children so we can manipulate them into caring for us when we are old and place immeasurable burdens on them"

edit: I have children btw. One thing that is important is that they know they don't owe me shit. If they want to let me die in a ditch, well then I get whats coming to me. Never will I have the expectation they are to care for me.

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cyberrose wrote

Don't you think different forms of social behavior would fix that problem?

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bergra wrote (edited )

Sure, in a perfect world but we don't have a perfect world so we need to survive in any way we can.

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