> what would you be doing instead if you didn't work?
Whatever I feel like doing at the time.
Oh! The money is sweet. Now we're starting to understand. Money is needed to get resources from other people, in order to do those sweet things that we 'feel like' doing.
So the work resentment seems simply to be a rather primitive envy, to have things without making them or working for them.
You mean like not dying ? So basically, it's work or die. We have a word for that, it's called slavery. But wait, in our capitalist system I get to choose my own slavedriver, wow, that changes everything... NOT.
If you get a dog, you're expected to take care of that dog for it's entire life. Yet, if you produce a child it's somehow acceptable to abandon it after 18 years and expect it to take care of itself. It never asked to be born, yet it has to deal with the financial consequences of a decision someone else made. It's like taking an 80+ year mortgage and expecting someone else to pay for it after 18 years.
If you're going to have kids, you should take care of them for their entire lives.
On a related note, you should know that depression causes cognitive distortions. You should really take a look at this if you haven't seen it already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck%27s_cognitive_triad
Do you find people often disagree with your views on life? Is it possible that your reasoning is potentially being made on imperfect information since depression filters out all the positive aspects of everything?
The money should be there (e.g. in a trust fund) before conception.
> And someone else is supposed to take care of your parents while they are taking care of you?
Yes, their parents, obviously.
Nothing really changes relative to now for people who want to reproduce, instead of paying for themselves they pay for their children. Only people who are childfree benefit, which is a nice incentive to reduce the population.
> you need to take responsibility for your own life at some point
No, I do not. I didn't create this life, how can I be responsible for it ?
> On a related note, you should know that depression causes cognitive distortions.
Basically, psychology is just modern day quackery.
Edit: I should also mention that I too work for a living and I enjoy it for the most part. I get paid to work on interesting problems and spend time with coworkers who I like. There are annoying things but overall it's a net positive in my life. So I know, given my own experience, that it is absolutely possible to just enjoy working for a living.