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Feeling conflicted about antinatalism

 For a couple of years now I have been flirting with a philosophical outlook called antinatalism, it(the philosophical scbool of thought) essentially views birth negatively for a myriad(suffering of humans is probably the most important reason for me) of reasons and asserts that life is not worth starting.   I have noticed that in some antinatalist circles  some people seem to hold views that are deeply anti-poor, some seem to outright endorse eugenics(unintentionally or not) and other deeply problematic worldviews . Some people who think of themselves as antinatalists seem to believe that poor people shouldn't have children on the basis of them being poor and poverty gets treated as a personal moral failing even though in reality poverty is systematic and often caused by a range of circumstances that people don't have control over. In South Africa for instance, black people are disproportionately affected by poverty mainly due to apartheid, colonialism and poor governance by t