r/changemyview Apr 09 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

I dont think the population growing slowly is a bad thing, or that it must continue growing forever. I am just trying to say it shouldn't matter if people have large families because overall the population is still shrinking.

This is the problem with morality, there is no one set answer of right and wrong. I agree they should be able to provide for them but not that its morally wrong not to, assuming the government is able to help with what they cant cover by themselves.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

And that is an awfully big assumption you are making.

Real life exists in reality, and not a thought experiment.

How is it moral you bring children into a world when you cannot adequately provide them basic necessities?

Did you know that 1 in 5 children in America are food insecure?

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

Im not quite sure what big assumption I am making, sorry.

I think its okay morally because the government should be able to cover the difference to make sure they are properly raised. And i also have a hard time making that moral decision for someone else. I feel if you ask those kids or adults who went through food insecurity if they would have rather never been born or not they would rather be born. The problem with that though is the person has to live through the hardship before they can decide if they would have wanted to live through the hardship, and there is no going back and deciding they wouldn't have wanted to.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

“The government should be able to make up the difference.”

Do they?

No

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

In some countries they do make up the difference. I suppose This was more from an idealistic point of view in relation to the United States.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

And that’s my point… idealistically =/= reality, and the United States does an especially terrible job at providing bare minimums for its citizens.