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    1 day ago

    Having a kid really should require a license. But there is no entity on earth that could be trusted to manage the process of issuing those licenses fairly. So, damned if we do, damned if we don’t.

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      Hell, even if you could find someone to handle it fairly, it would just be a matter of time until someone subverted that organization for their own purposes. If there’s power to be wielded, someone will abuse it.

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        17 hours ago

        Exactly. That is why humans can’t have nice things. The same skills that made us the dominant species ensures we will ruin everything eventually.