Less good than not having children. But we are all free to make our own choices, but I don't think that you can seriously hold both "I care about the environment" and "I'm choosing to bring life into the world and damage the environment" ideas in your head without a lot of hypocrisy.

I know you may think, my one kid won't have such a big impact on the environment, but when 7 billion think that, the problem is exponential.

[–] mobius_slip@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

To be human is to hold contradicting understandings of reality in equal measure. The amount of people who hate the idea of animal cruelty (or environmental destruction for that matter), yet still consume animal products is astronomical.

The environment will never be saved by trying to convince people to not have kids. It's a biological staple of existence stretching back billions of years, and we as a species will never give that up.

Having children gives us a species a more personal stake in the planet's future, and it would be better to focus our energies on that angle instead of demonizing people who agree with you 95% of the time.