Posted on 08/19/2019 8:37:24 PM PDT by aquila48
There are many different scenarios how humanity could perish, but perhaps the least likely is that we ourselves volunteer to do so. For activist Les U. Knight, however, that is exactly the plan he is advocating for: voluntary human extinction to save the planet.
‘I haven’t seen any cohesive argument why our species should continue into the future,’ Knight told DailyMail.com.
‘I have not seen a good reason for us to add one more human to the existing billions when you consider the extinctions of so many other species and when you consider how many people are not being cared for.’
Eschewing labels like leader or founder, Knight began the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, known as VHEMT and pronounced like the word vehement, in 1991. It was a combination of factors that led Knight to VHEMT, which was first launched as a newsletter and then as a website in 1996 that still thrives today.
With the United Nations estimating that the world’s population will hit nearly 9.6 billion by 2050 and the recent uptick in interest in what is known as ‘antinatalism’ and being child-free, the question of human extinction has received more attention lately in Op-Eds and articles in publications like The New York Times – ‘Would Human Extinction Be a Tragedy?’ – and The New Yorker – ‘The Case for Not being Born.’
But Knight, now 71, has been publicly advocating for human extinction for nearly 30 years, and privately has put his money where he’s mouth is: he got a vasectomy when he was 25. While he has no kids of his own, Knight has worked for more than 40 years as a substitute teacher in his native Oregon.
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apparerently = apparently.
Be fruitful and multiply.
I agree, but a bit oversimplified. Marriage and children aren’t for everyone, and government interference has made it particularly unattractive to young men.
The Third World is inheriting the Earth.
According to Rahm Emmanuel’s brother, he’s got four years left to live.
This man teaches children in Oregon. That state is a collection of weirdos that rivals CA.
Lest start with you and this will all end with you
Good idea. Hoping all liberals, commies, headchoppers, dickchoppers and fascists all take his advice.
How very Christian of you. I guess you missed the part about "no personal attacks".
You are a liar
You apparently do not understand it.
So which is it? A (deliberate) liar - or is the poster misinformed, ignorant of what it means?
There's a huge difference between being a liar or one who simply doesn't understand or is mistaken.
I hope you'll think these things out a bit more.
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