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• @nonentity@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-31 08:16

  It’s always fascinating when it’s proposed that those more closely associated with reproduction are framed as intrinsically holding greater social value than any other member of a society. For me it’s one of the clearest indicators of a system not worthy of engagement. My reading of the original post is that the flexibility afforded to parents by a workforce, in the rare instances they are, should not be gated behind their proximity to progeny. Work should be subservient to the needs of the society it is conducted within, to argue otherwise is abdicating one’s humanity.

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• @Paulemeister@feddit.org 2026-03-31 08:17

  I don’t really care if humans will exist in the future. I do care about the humans that will exist, leaving them with a habitable earth. But besides that what do I care about the survival of the human species? I don’t see why people contributing to the survival of humans should be rewarded. I do see that people with a child need more flexibility because it’s hard to care for a child and because I have empathy I support more flexibility and support for them. But why does the flexibility for those people imply inflexibility for others? I’m fine with being ‘selfish’. I want to have a good life, don’t you?

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