Yep. And that's good! That's freedom of choice. Similarly, my wife wanted children, and there's no amount of money that could replace the joy of having our child.

Everything is better when we have the freedom to make a choice.

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kixiQu 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I wish society had taxed me (desired path zero children) more in some way that would have routed the resources to my friend who would have wanted to start having kids earlier and have more. Instead, the combination of regional housing crisis with contemporary parenting standards meant she and her husband waited for career progression to have the money for the space to start.

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g3f32r 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Yep. And that's good! That's freedom of choice.

Is it? Was it actually her choice? Or was she propagandized into being a fully-available consumer?

Was she fed a steady diet of anti-natalist/anti-family formation and pro-independence (pro-consume) media and government policies from the moment she was born?

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mekdoonggi 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I will assume that she has the same ability to reason and make an informed choice as you.

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vkou an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Thank you for bringing up this incredibly rational, and not at all offensive or infantalizing presumption - one that hypothesizes that my spouse is incapable of thinking and deciding for herself.

You are, of course, the sole free-thinking, unpropagandized person in the world.

	▲	saintvlad 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		FWIW, I think we all (I am including myself here) underestimate the degree to which our beliefs are formed by the culture we inhabit.

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liglam 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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