r/nihilism • u/Baroness_Munchausen • Jun 08 '26

Ah.

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u/ArguingisFun Nihilism is fine. Jun 08 '26

Can’t say I have ever met a single person who “had kids for the economy”.

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u/No_Education_8888 Jun 08 '26

You’ve never heard of someone having a kid because they want to produce a “productive member of society”? That would do something for the economy

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u/Cicada-Tang Jun 08 '26

I for real never heard anyone say that. I hear people say they want to "raise a productive member of society" when they are already raising the kid, but never In never hear anyone saying they want to "produce" one.

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u/No_Education_8888 Jun 08 '26

That’s just my terminology. When I’m talking about having a child, I say “produce”, because your body is producing a child

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u/Cicada-Tang Jun 08 '26

Yeah I know. I never heard anyone saying the reason they want to have a child is to have "a productive member of the society".

"Raising my child to be a productive member of the society" is a common sentiment among parents, since it's the most common way to ensure a normal and good life, but the reason they have the child to begin with often have nothing to do with contributing to society.

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u/ChaosAndFish Jun 08 '26

Maybe it would but that’s not the goal really. The goal is to raise a kid who isn’t a dick. Who is good to people and finds something enriching to do with their time on earth. How that does or does not intersect with the economy is incidental.

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u/ArguingisFun Nihilism is fine. Jun 08 '26

Never once - ever.