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>they think it's disgusting selfishness and that they are victims of it

Not agreeing with the original point, but what's the alternative? You can't be nonexistent. "parents brought them into the world" this seems like a conceptual error imo. Brought from where?



If you like you can rephrase like 'Many people are not grateful their parents for their existence'


Petulant Child: "Why did you guys even have me then?!?!"

Mother: "Well, actually we didn't know that it would be you"

<long beat>

Mother: "We were hoping for someone with a job"

- stand-up comic Mrs. Hughes


That sounds better. I think being indifferent is the most reasonable position, because it's impossible to compare existence to nonexistence.




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