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**Trigger warning**

Many parents seem to have this romantic notion that they would die for their children. They espouse this ideal most fervently when confronted with the question of what material things they are doing to unfuck the world we are currently living in and they have brought more human life into.

What seems to happen far more often in practice though is that they really aren’t willing to sacrifice anything for their kids. They just tell themselves (and others!) that they are willing to fight and die for their kids, that things will surely get better soon, or that other people who are actually to blame will soon “see the light” or get theirs. Rather than doing anything of consequence, I also see many retreat into non-logical self-soothings like “this is all just part of Gods plan”.

Anything and everything is done to avoid and distract from the harsh possibility that they have created lives that will most likely be even more miserable than their own.

When it’s all said and done, they believe their children of course will only carry on with the “correct” and “true” principles that they, as all knowing and wisest of parents, have imparted. Someday, someone else or some God will surely come along, since their own efforts are already maximized (they would die for their kids, remember?), that will finally fix all the things they complain about.

So I ask you, parents (who are all apparently willing to die for their kids), when will you start actually living (or maybe dying?) up to this lofty ideal??

How bad do things have to get? How much surveillance, propaganda, and exploitation do you have to witness your children suffer before you ACTUALLY do anything of consequence to protect them?

I’m sorry but until then, I’ll continue to see you as the impotent cowards that you probably are. Keep telling yourselves that Bitcoin, god, nostr, whatever, is going to fix this shit. Anything to avoid putting in any actual effort or suffering yourselves, right?

#grownostr

#thinkdangerously

#getoffended

d0708145... 1y ago 💬 2

Things are fucked, truly fucked. It is all of our own making, over the last century. Unfortunately, the cunts in charge have WAY too much power. The only way to reset that power is "Revolution", revolutions don't come easy, but that's what's needed.

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Not my name 1y ago

I agree with you 100%, revolution and massive amounts of human suffering will be necessary to reset humanity to any semblance of freedom. Whether they realize it or not, parents are voting for this suffering, except they are not willing to do the suffering themselves. They expect their children to do it instead.

How millions of parents wake up everyday and live with themselves and this vile kind of cowardice is beyond my comprehension. If I had forced someone into existence, and witnessed what the world has become, I would be long dead, having found it necessary to do something, anything, and everything to atone for my grievous mistake.

d0708145... 1y ago 💬 1

I hear you my friend and you're right. I note that you have no children? I have one, who's more than an adult now. I wouldn't dream of bringing a child into this fucked up world right now!

Not my name 1y ago

Well I am sorry for your child but understand how hard it is to not fall for the pro family propaganda that is shoveled down our throats from birth.

You are correct that I do not have children and could never conceive (pun intended) of having any in this reality. I was lucky (in a sense) to see the falseness in such things from an early age and find a partner who agreed with me on the topic.

The fact that you are even able to think about such issues as a parent though is truly impressive and admirable. While I don’t wish the guilt you must feel at times on anyone (which is why I advocate so loudly for going childless from the start), I do think it is very important for parents to process the fact that they bear all of the material responsibility for their children’s existence. The government and religious leaders that promote reproduction sure as hell aren’t going to take any of it on. Part of that responsibility should be, in my opinion, telling your children about the guilt you feel, and urging them to not reproduce by extension. At least as long as it takes for the world to wake up to what is going on around it.

I truly do appreciate your willingness to discuss such difficult things in a civil and thoughtful manner though. Taking the next step though, I really do wonder how you are not rioting in the streets these days? I mean, as someone with almost no skin in the game myself, I am rendered so livid on a daily basis by the exploitation and abuse of humans around the world that it is a struggle to not do so myself. The true targets of my ire though are not my fellow plebs, but our so called global leaders and elite who so smuggly and openly oppress us. Do you just feel completely powerless? Are you more afraid of your own suffering than that which your child will potentially endure by your inaction?

I recognize how tough these questions are. Thank you again for being so willing to see past any offense, and help me gain a better understanding of the issue.

#grownostr

#thinkdangerously