Sure, but what IS responsibly? If part of being responsible about it is limiting it, how do we decide to go about limiting it? Every answer does touch on eugenics. I agree with the proposition that we need overall less humans in addition to every other step to reduce our carbon/ecological impact, but doing it ethically is pretty hard.
The problem with that is that always leads to two things:
Eugenics
Killing off minorities who “reproduce too much”
Anyone who talks about limiting people from having children will inevitably lead to that conversation. It’s a literal non-starter for anyone who thinks even a fucking bit.
I fucking despise the whole natalism divide. We should just treat procreation like alcohol:
BREED RESPONSIBLY.
Sure, but what IS responsibly? If part of being responsible about it is limiting it, how do we decide to go about limiting it? Every answer does touch on eugenics. I agree with the proposition that we need overall less humans in addition to every other step to reduce our carbon/ecological impact, but doing it ethically is pretty hard.
The problem with that is that always leads to two things:
Anyone who talks about limiting people from having children will inevitably lead to that conversation. It’s a literal non-starter for anyone who thinks even a fucking bit.
Just listen to Michael Jackson’s words.
If you can’t feed the baby; Then don’t have a baby,