I think the point about "having children is only the most environmentally costly thing you can do in a policy environment that is unable to stop climate change anyway" is well taken, and I would add that the decision to have or not have kids impacts the climate on too long of a time frame to really matter (we need to make large changes within a decade, not over entire generations or lifetimes).
But something I don't think addressed here and what I read as the major driver of people's anti-natalism in the face of climate change is they just have a very dismal view of the future (56% of respondents in that survey said humanity was doomed because of climate change). If you think of the future as apocalyptic, it makes sense to not want to introduce new life into that future, and this is why I don't think it is a claim about overpopulation. Ecofascist narratives are generally concerned with preventing other people from having babies, what has gripped young people today is a separate issue caused by intense climate doomerism which centers their own potential children.
I think the point about "having children is only the most environmentally costly thing you can do in a policy environment that is unable to stop climate change anyway" is well taken, and I would add that the decision to have or not have kids impacts the climate on too long of a time frame to really matter (we need to make large changes within a decade, not over entire generations or lifetimes).
But something I don't think addressed here and what I read as the major driver of people's anti-natalism in the face of climate change is they just have a very dismal view of the future (56% of respondents in that survey said humanity was doomed because of climate change). If you think of the future as apocalyptic, it makes sense to not want to introduce new life into that future, and this is why I don't think it is a claim about overpopulation. Ecofascist narratives are generally concerned with preventing other people from having babies, what has gripped young people today is a separate issue caused by intense climate doomerism which centers their own potential children.
> Avocado politics
Not to be confused with neoliberalism 🥑