Antinatalism

I learned a new word today: antinatalism after coming across it in the text beneath the following Instagram photo:

Here is the text that accompanied the photo:

I rarely disclose my antinatalist view online, but since it’s International Antinatalist Day and it’s one of my 2021 resolutions to be more outspoken about antinatalism, here it is. Life is too short to not be radically honest about your opinions.

“Antinatalism is a philosophical position that assigns a negative value to birth.”

I personally think antinatalism is the pinnacle of ethics because it addresses the root cause of the problem. Like anti-speciesism and other ethical stances ahead of the time, the antinatalist position is often misrepresented, misunderstood and undeservedly maligned.

Antinatalism deals with the question of whether life is worth starting, instead of whether life is worth ending.

We don’t want to end lives. We want people to realise it’s unethical to create one in the first place. It’s an imposition. It’s gambling on someone else’s life. Suffering and death are certainties. The gamble is on how much and in which way.

We can’t do much about the fact that we’re already here. But we can choose to end the cycle of suffering by consciously deciding not to bring another sentient life into this world. And we can help alleviate the suffering of other sentient beings during the time we have left on this planet.

I understand this philosophy might sound counterintuitive, especially in a society plagued by cultural indoctrination and religious teachings that encourage people to “be fruitful and multiply,” often without considering the consequences. All I ask is for you to have an open mind, look into the topic further and evaluate it rationally.

The account is listed as fallowfawn and she looks to be a young, female and vegan:

She's clearly sensitive and intelligent and feels that it's unethical to bring life into being because of the suffering that this new life will experience. Given the current state of the planet, I'm inclined to agree with her. Any baby born today will be lucky to have a Mum and a Dad. The very concept of the traditional family is under attack. The child will be subjected to dozens of vaccinations, indoctrinated in an oppressive school system, brain-washed by LGTB propaganda, made spiritually barren and then fed into a technological, soulless dystopian society. 

The philosophy of antinatalism accords perfectly with the aims of the global elite to reduce the world's population to about 500 million people. For various reasons, many young people are opting not to have children. They may feel that there are too many people on Earth and that they shouldn't help swell the numbers. They may prefer same-sex relationships that cannot produce offspring. They may be struggling financially and realise that they simply can't afford to raise a child. They may, like fallowfawn, have embraced antinatalism.

It's a very negative philosophy because it admits defeat, viewing the world as a vale of tears into which we should not choose to usher others. Given the very negative state of the world at the current time, this is entirely understandable. The philosophy also fails to understand that souls need to incarnate, if not on Earth then on other planets throughout the Universe. As Meher Baba has emphasised however, the Earth is currently unique in the Universe. It is the only planet where incarnating souls can make spiritual progress. It is the only planet where spiritually perfect beings live. At any given time, Baba tells us, there are 56 God-realised souls incarnate on Earth. This is the only planet on which they can be found.

It's understandable that older persons like myself are disillusioned with the world but it's sad to see other people in a similar state of disillusionment at such a young age. It's disappointing to see them helping the Global Elite's depopulation agenda rather than opposing it. Then again, they may be right. The forces of darkness are dominating and the world is looking more and more unwelcoming for incoming souls. 

There is a long Wikipedia article about Antinatalism from which I'll just quote the following:

David Benatar, Gunter Bleibohm, Gerald Harrison, Julia Tanner, and Patricia MacCormack are attentive the harm caused to other sentient beings by humans. They would say that billions of non-human animals are abused and slaughtered each year by our species for the production of animal products, for experimentation and after the experiments (when they are no longer needed), as a result of the destruction of habitats or other environmental damage and for sadistic pleasure. They tend to agree with animal rights thinkers that the harm we do to them is immoral. They consider the human species the most destructive on the planet, arguing that without new humans, there will be no harm caused to other sentient beings by new humans. Some antinatalists are also vegetarians or vegans for moral reasons, and postulate that such views should complement each other as having a common denominator: not causing harm to other sentient beings.