You CAN BE A Selfish Antinatalist

Ima be frank, I’m so sick and tired of people thinking all antinatalists are all-loving, moral do gooders of society. Like no, that’s such a broad generalization that it’s kinda ignorant. Like there was a recent surge in veganism related posts on this subreddit. People claiming you can’t be a real antinatalist if you consume animals. Antinatalism is most commonly associated with the non production of new humans. It’s the “morally superior” folks who are over extending the concept to other species. Also, there’s a huge number of people on here that believe that all antinatalists should care for others people’s kids to an insane point. While I do think empathy for children is to be expected, you shouldn’t expect me to put another person’s offspring needs over my own. In other words, I do feel bad the children being born today. I will not put my life on the line to protect theirs though. That’s NOT my obligation or duty.

You CAN be a selfish antinatalist. I for one want minimize suffering an so I refrain from bringing a child into this world. But, by no means does that mean I’m obligated to care about other children 🤷‍♂️!

I feel like people are so caught up in antinatalists being a certain way, that they fail to realize that we are still people with differing methodologies and viewpoints. Some people here also believe that they are “better” than others just off basis of being antinatalist alone. Failing to realize that not all antinatalist are the same. And once again I will repeat, you CAN be a selfish antinatalist.