Let me explain.

Person has 4 kids. Has massive 35 foot long suburban (that they mostly drive alone) to haul them all over the place. Or potentially an RV that gets 2 mpg.

Likely has a mcmansion with sprawling grass yard and sprinklers, with no native plants.

Likely does not recycle or care about the environment in any way. Buys a bunch of cheap plastic shit they dont need on amazon because its “cute” or their kid needs a new toy now that they’re tired of the iPad.

Likely votes against their own interests (cut school funding and health care programs because “those are for brown kids not mine!!”)

In case you think any of this is hyperbole, I can name 10 people I work with who live this exact cookie cutter life.

Honestly, those of us without kids should get a huge tax cut because we are actually benefitting the planet for the stupid parents.

  • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    You think the majority of parents live in mcmansions and drive suburbans? This is a poorly thought out political rant not a shower thought. Booooooooo

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      12 days ago

      I tried to preface this with “what I see In the US”. Your experience may differ. But this subset is a very real one, and they live in areas where their votes count more than you.

      I can say I don’t know a single parent out of maybe 25 immediate people who dont have a massive 4 door pickup (not for work use) or expedition.

      • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        Yeah I must live in a different United States. You’re saying dumb shit. Having a vehicle beyond your needs is not unique to parents with children. Furthermore, who are you to judge what an individual’s needs are? I double down on everything in my previous statement. Again boooo

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    The parents you know sound like they are in a much better position than the ones I know. One mother of 4 I know is literally buying food for their children and parents eating whatever is leftover. Scraps are her dinner most nights. Or the single dad with two kids that takes them picking up trash at the beach for a bit of free fun.

    It sort of sounds like you might be surrounded by rich assholes with more money than brains. They likely should be taxed for numerous other reasons before we get to children.

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      10 days ago

      I think I’m surrounded by assholes who happen to have kids is the issue. And you’re judged if you don’t…

      Maga land, sigh

  • trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    12 days ago

    Look I’m as child-free as they get and certainly don’t think the world needs more humans, but this is a weird take. This is a class war and you got your gun pointed in the wrong direction.

  • expr@piefed.socialEnglish
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    11 days ago

    This is as dumb as broadly overgeneralizing based on race, gender identity, or any other axis of a person’s life. Just utterly useless and entirely missing the point.

    We are engaged in a full-on class war where the elite of the world have systematically dismantled our institutions and plunged us head-on into fascism, and you’re focused on punching laterally at lazily-constructed caricatures. I’m sure there are plenty of parents that fit that description, just as there many more that don’t.