Leftists say the same thing. "It's cruel to being a child into a world with racism, Globa Warming, nuclear weapons, and awful religious people with guns, where a woman's right to choose is constantly under threat." However, for most of them, the world isn't so cruel that they think it can go on without themselves, so we can reasonably conclude they're full of piffle.
Spoken by a woman who seems to delight in pumping out baby after baby. There was once a woman like you in a neighborhood in which my wife and I lived. She called her “Miss Mother.” Seems appropriate.
Nevertheless, if you are trying to tie me into the leftist philosophy it won’t work. My views on parenthood were well-formed when I was 18 (1958) and totally unfamiliar with leftist politics. I had seen enough of the psychic torture of being someone’s child and I resolved then that I would not inflict this upon any other. And I never did.
There are other factors, the cost of raising a child and my family’s disconcerting heredity being two of them, but that was the primary one. And I make no apologies for it.
If others get satisfaction out of it, fine. I was just pointing out that today’s social situation seems to call for a “wait and see” attitude before inflicting it upon a new arrival.