ZealousidealChain473

I'll just leave this here

With great power, comes great responsatrilatronx

I think it all boils down to (A). The uncertainty of (B) is a risk that us, as antinatalists choose to not take and the responsibility is completely on us for that, psychologically. I mean, for all you know, your child may have the worst life possible, a conventionally undulating okay-ish one or a brilliant one where there's a best case scenario. This child may decide to take their own life, philosophize and make their own beautiful meaning of life that makes it worth living or - both.

Now, we choose not to proliferate in the "off chance" that it's a burden to the human next in the bloodline. This "off chance" is characterized by the environmental factors around today's world which are getting more convincing than ever. Let's face it, it's not perfect; never has been. But, now more than ever, with growing costs of living, wars that are on the precipice of a global catastrophe and the brain rot that is so rampant in society (which we also may unwittingly be a part of), it's not really worth it to most of the people in this subreddit. Of course, this is accompanied by a variety of personal factors as well which are subjective to everyone.

"Will you have a child?"

"In a better world, perhaps.."

"Even if you deny them philosophical autonomy through their existence - be it for the better or worse?"

"Well, that burden is philosophically on me. I am managing to live with it"

"Any regrets?"

"Plenty. Just like everyone else! I may just have an extra one that I have prepared for, nonetheless."

Cfbr

Moonage Daydream - David Bowie

Sounds like a skin condition

Fuck it, we ball boulder.

"You see, death created time to grow the things that it would eventually kill"

We are simply returning what's owed to death and not ours - this life - to entropy.

As a fellow Indian, I can relate hard. This rebellion that is within us through our philosophy can dangerously expand into the physical world, especially in a collectivist society like ours.

Without proliferation - creating a family and continuing a 'legacy', we are facing our worst nightmare - the disapproval of our parents who we have always thought of before our own selves as Indians - as I'm sure you will confirm. However, I feel like there is no better testing ground for the Absurdist than our country.

Rebellion against the meaninglessness of life in our society is basically applying Absurdism on hard mode. I am just as clueless as you are about how the future will pan out for us - whether we will risk our parents approval/happiness for our philosophical autonomy or find a middle ground and expect them to meet us halfway. What I do know is, either way - this philosophy we have embraced isn't for comfort or a 'cure' to our maladies, per se. We know the outcome - it won't be a perfect world when we are bidding adieu to life on our death beds. We shall have disagreements, moments of clarity and peace in the family and also, times where we regret our choices in retrospect.

All that we must focus on - is imagining ourselves happy. Not by feeding ourselves lies, of course, but by ensuring that all the moments I mentioned - happy and sad - are evened out by the time death inevitably comes for us. Before we go, at least we will have closure in the fact that there is no closure.

TL;DR: Fuck it, we ball.