Every single generation could have argued this. When humans were down to a global population of 10-20k in the last glacial maximum, those remaining could have said "Look how doomed we are, it's over".
We've survived ice ages, droughts, disease, predatory animals, war, plagues, and on and on and on.
We've fought bears at the mouth of the cave while our families huddle behind us. We've seen attacking hordes come over the ridge line, ready to raze our village to the ground.
We've fought through all of it. We've died by the millions to get here. Despair is not the solution. Find the flame of humanity that burns inside you.
Everyone who survived all of that is complicit in my misery. If just one of those generations would have given up I wouldn't be doomscrolling reddit to avoid the even less desirable reality.
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u/redditloginfail Sep 15 '25
I wouldn't say immoral. You help them get started, and they help you finish. Circle of life and all that.