• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    Progressives have made kids useless. In the distant past they could help carry firewood or gay bales around the homestead.

    Industrial revolution fucked it up. Sure for a while you could send them down into the mines or get them sweeping chimneys but over time that got outlawed due to the increased danger these jobs involved.

    Now, why bother having kids? You can’t do anything with them. Even worse, they play games like Minecraft. You are literally spending your money for them to virtually work in the mines where they don’t bring in any money at all!

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      1 day ago

      Wait, you you’re saying the solution is… being back child labor? We truly are living in some times when that isn’t considered a unique statement.

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      Now, why bother having kids? You can’t do anything with them.

      You mean you can’t do anything profitable with them. Maybe people should be able to have a family for other reasons than profit