I’m taking an utilitarian approach. Suffering should be avoided, and happiness maximized. Bringing another being into existence guarantees suffering, with a chance of creating happiness. That is not a gamble you should take on behalf of another being.

Another note on the original post, their argument could also be used to justify going through the NICU and killing every newborn. So there’s a clear ‘pro life’ bias going on here, with acts that bring more life being seen as good, regardless of consent. Wouldn’t a more reasoned approach be to maintain, keep those who are alive, alive, and those not yet existing, unexisting? Forcing a being across the border is bad, regardless of direction.

Suffering is inherent to the human condition. Is it okay to undertake actions that cause people suffering?

What previous status quo are antinatalists trying to return to? “Reactionary” is just the left wing equivalent of “woke”.

The problem I have with your argument is that it could easily be used to justify rape. A person who is incapable of giving consent is also incapable of requesting things, so does that make it okay to just assume consent?

That’s just misanthropy.

In your comment, who is they?

I’m pretty sure the Taliban could also be described as a “hillbillies with guns” when they started out. And you know what, they won.

Second amendment grants the right to bear arms, arms were used by the insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Eh, Iraq and Afghanistan went rather poorly for the United States.

Option 2 is suicide. I guess that’s it for American Democracy. Of course, option 3 being that the Democrats win every election until the Republican party collapses. At which point the Democratic party will likely split, with one part becoming a moderate party, and the other half absorbing the remains of the Republican party.

Good on you.

Sadly, yes. I live in Germany, and here you need a BahnCard50 (or better) for the train to be cheaper than the gas for driving.

Just as fast as a car if you run as fast as a car.

Given Trump’s track record for keeping contracts, let alone promises, I doubt he has a good track record with returning favors.

Yes, I made the ritual description up for a joke. I’ve never performed a human sacrifice.

When sacrificing the child, use a dagger made from obsidian. Cut upward from below the sternum, then force the rib cage apart. Push the lungs aside with your hands, then cut out the heart with your ritual dagger. Hold the heart up to the cheering crowd, and then place it in an earthen vessel in honor of the gods. Kick the body down the steps of the temple pyramid.

So you’re saying we need to nuke Russia?

It was named after a child that went missing and was later found murdered in 1996.

If you hear ‘full stack’, run.

What I was told by a fellow student, while I was writing my thesis (paraphrased).