Anti-natalism is the philosophical value judgment that procreation is unethical or unjustifiable. Antinatalists thus argue that humans should abstain from making children. Some antinatalists consider coming into existence to always be a serious harm. Their views are not necessarily limited only to humans but may encompass all sentient creatures, arguing that coming into existence is a serious harm for sentient beings in general. There are various reasons why antinatalists believe human reproduction is problematic. The most common arguments for antinatalism include that life entails inevitable suffering, death is inevitable, and humans are born without their consent. Additionally, although some people may turn out to be happy, this is not guaranteed, so to procreate is to gamble with another person’s suffering. WIKIPEDIA

If you think, maybe for a few years, like 10-20 years, no one should make babies, and when things get better, we can continue, then you are not an anti-natalist. Anti-natalists believe that suffering will always be there and no one should be born EVER.

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  • Oberyn@lemmy.world
    102·
    21 hours ago

    While certainly don’t appreciate being born (and correct about life = suffering no gꝏd outweighing it in my case) , dœsn’t mean procreation inherently unethical (although true peops often have children for selfish reasons)

    Tꝏk lꝏk at antinatalist subreddit some years ago (curiosity) , felt more like contempt for (women|children) disguised as philosophical stance . “Breeder” used lots there :

    • Implies women’s primary functions producing children (cannot be any thing other) , reduces women to their capacity for pregnancy
    • Implies all women “chuse” to have kids
    • Derogatory word toward black women during slavery , where they were forced to have children that would later be sold into said slavery

    Also don’t think demanding every one stop having children dœs anything to reduce inherent suffering that comes with being living organism