For many parents that is the goal when they are raising children. For some it is the justification why they have decided for that. However I think most of them are not aware that the likelihood of this development might be overestimated.
My mom wanted that I have a good life. This was the reason why she systematically abused me for more than a decade. I think she was especially obsessed that I will have more money and go to college. Well she accomplished the opposite I gonna kill myself because my conscioussness is a living hell and don't want to be dependent on welfare. So the notion is kind of naive. But for many reasons. There are so many dangerous things that can happen. And they happen to all kind of people.
Accidents, severe illnesses, diseases, car-crashs, sexual violence etc. I am stunned I met many women who told me they once were confronted with sexual violence. I think the dark figure must be pretty high.
I think it is kind of playing Russian roulette to procreate. For example due to the climate catastrophe and the threat of wars. In some countries I think the term playing Russian roulette even underestimates the risk of procreating. So many people on this world live in severe poverty, no perspectives for significant change, no health care, violence, crime rates, war, a culture of domestic violence etc. Maybe one could say the goal of having a better life is still possible. Personally I think new technologies and science could increase life quality a lot. But I think many new people will still go through hell in such countries.
Noone guarantees that the wish the children will have a better life becomes true. Personally (many here disagreed on that) I think the life quality could improve also in first world countries. Due to advanced technologies, increase in productivity -> less work hours, more spending on social services from states etc.
There are some contra arguments. The biggest for me is climate change. I think this has the potential to fuck the world, especially the ones who are already poor. In western countries demographics becomes a huge problem. In Europe we will have to spend more money on military (and less on social services) because the US does not want to play world police for us aynmore. Moreover there was the peace dividend for some decades. With new hot wars that seems to be over.
It is gambling in my point of view. Life contains many risks. By the way my mom told me as a child never to procreate. She told me that takes way too much energy and I should rather care for my own well-being. Honestly this was an extremely ignorant statement of her. She did way worse things relatively speaking but this is such a bulllshit argument. She portrays herself as altruistic because she gave me life as a gift, But concludes well life would be better without children. And she tells that her own children I was fucking 10 or so.. it is pretty hypocrtical. I should not be as altruistic as her and act instead selfishly. However these are only the implications I think my mom is too dull to think about those and the impact on a fucking child. However as I said compared to the shit my mom did to me this was pretty harmless.
There is a saying in German I try to translate it. The opposite of having done something well is not having done something bad but having had well intentions about doing it. Sorry it is pretty hard to translate that properly. In German it is sounds way better.
My mom wanted that I have a good life. This was the reason why she systematically abused me for more than a decade. I think she was especially obsessed that I will have more money and go to college. Well she accomplished the opposite I gonna kill myself because my conscioussness is a living hell and don't want to be dependent on welfare. So the notion is kind of naive. But for many reasons. There are so many dangerous things that can happen. And they happen to all kind of people.
Accidents, severe illnesses, diseases, car-crashs, sexual violence etc. I am stunned I met many women who told me they once were confronted with sexual violence. I think the dark figure must be pretty high.
I think it is kind of playing Russian roulette to procreate. For example due to the climate catastrophe and the threat of wars. In some countries I think the term playing Russian roulette even underestimates the risk of procreating. So many people on this world live in severe poverty, no perspectives for significant change, no health care, violence, crime rates, war, a culture of domestic violence etc. Maybe one could say the goal of having a better life is still possible. Personally I think new technologies and science could increase life quality a lot. But I think many new people will still go through hell in such countries.
Noone guarantees that the wish the children will have a better life becomes true. Personally (many here disagreed on that) I think the life quality could improve also in first world countries. Due to advanced technologies, increase in productivity -> less work hours, more spending on social services from states etc.
There are some contra arguments. The biggest for me is climate change. I think this has the potential to fuck the world, especially the ones who are already poor. In western countries demographics becomes a huge problem. In Europe we will have to spend more money on military (and less on social services) because the US does not want to play world police for us aynmore. Moreover there was the peace dividend for some decades. With new hot wars that seems to be over.
It is gambling in my point of view. Life contains many risks. By the way my mom told me as a child never to procreate. She told me that takes way too much energy and I should rather care for my own well-being. Honestly this was an extremely ignorant statement of her. She did way worse things relatively speaking but this is such a bulllshit argument. She portrays herself as altruistic because she gave me life as a gift, But concludes well life would be better without children. And she tells that her own children I was fucking 10 or so.. it is pretty hypocrtical. I should not be as altruistic as her and act instead selfishly. However these are only the implications I think my mom is too dull to think about those and the impact on a fucking child. However as I said compared to the shit my mom did to me this was pretty harmless.
There is a saying in German I try to translate it. The opposite of having done something well is not having done something bad but having had well intentions about doing it. Sorry it is pretty hard to translate that properly. In German it is sounds way better.
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