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Why ‘birth strikes’ aren’t the right way to end the climate crisis (prismreports.org)
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British activist and musician Blythe Pepino coined the term “birth strike” in early 2019 to describe pledges people make to not to have children until

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

[British activist and musician Blythe Pepino] says such decisions are a “radical acknowledgment” of the threat that climate change poses to our futures. She does not consider birth strikes to be a solution to climate change, an option for everyone, or a permanent choice. She distinguishes the idea from anti-natalism, which advocates having no children to decrease the overall population.

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What's the point of this article then? People aren't not having kids to combat climate change, they just don't want kids to grow up in a fuckec up world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I hate it when articles undercut their own clickbait titles.