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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by mmm_grayons on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:09PM (#24412581)
Well, there's a good argument to be made that having children is much more of a choice than having cancer. And yes, it's natural to be selfish, because employment benefits are at least something of a zero-sum game. More for one often means less for another. I could easily argue that those who demand extra benefits because of a personal decision they made (having children) are more selfish than those who resent that they receive them.
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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by wffurr on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:12PM (#24412654)
Society doesn't exist without children. Child care is right up there with fire departments for things you, personally, as a childless person whose house has not burned down, need to exist in order to live in society, and not just a hermit in the woods.
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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by asciident on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:03PM (#24413340)
It's not so clear to be honest. The global population is growing and leading to environmental disasters, and it's not clear why we need 10 billion people on this planet, rather than a more manageable 100 million.
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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by wffurr on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:09PM (#24413406)
Parents in tech firms in developed countries are reproducing below the replacement rate already.

Regardless, you need a next generation for society to continue to function.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by asciident on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:21PM (#24413557)
I think it makes more sense to think of the human population globally, rather than on a per-country basis. We have one planet, and environmental problems are not self-contained inside a country's borders.

You're right we need a next generation for society to continue. But right now we're trending in the opposite direction. Just like your first concern about a fast-growing invasive species is whether it becomes extinct if it doesn't reproduce enough.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by gtaylor on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:20PM (#24412791)
Why did you use the word "demand", there?
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