There should be an Anti-Procreation Movement or Party
by
schopenhauer
10/14/2007, 9:45 AM
Existence is hell. Human existence is inherently suffering. Before we even experience the harms of the world (such as sickness, natural disasters, other people's conflicting interests and criticisms, pains of all sorts, small and large annoyances alike) we suffer. We all must strive to survive. No matter how much you delude yourself into accepting this strife, you must do all the things needed to keep yourself physiclly alive. This strife of having to survive is inherent in all humans across all societies. The second inherent category of suffering is the boredom we humans face when all our survival activities have been met. We look into the void of existence at this point and we see nothing except boredom. This boredom makes us flee it with arbitrary diversions of entertainment. Entertainment is the third category of inherent suffering; it is any goal we must contrive to "flee" the feeling of boredom (the second category). This entertainment can be seen as the endless real and potential ways that we humans fill our time (other than survival). The various forms usually take place in a cultural context but can have some cultural universals such as: religious expression, art, and philosophy. However some forms of entertainment are restricted to specific cultures (i.e. watching tv, creating new business ventures, going out with friends, etc. are all Westernized forms of entertainment). The entertainment can go on infinitum in various combinations and varieties, and range the whole human gamut of behavior and thought that are not associated directly with survival. Entertainment is the struggle against boredom and the realization that one cannot "just be". According to this reasoning, humans subsist in a constant battle against boredom or a constant pursuit of "finding the best way to kill time". We are never truly satisfied when we get what we want, because boredom ensues, and our restless natures are nevery happy.
The solution to all this inherent suffering is to not have children. You are preventing the inherent suffering of human existence by not procreating. If you have children you will be bestowing upon them the burdens of existence. You will not be depriving your non-existent potential child from the pleasures of existence either because your non-existent potential child will not exist to feel that it is being deprived of the pleasures of existence.
In order to make this idea of anti-proceration a reality, we must make a political party or organization of some sort. It may sound counter-intuitive to abstain from procreation, but it is the right thing to do. I invite anyone to think of a plan of action to get an organization advocating anti-procreation off the ground. Go to <link> for more information on the concept of anti-procreation.