Jim Penman argues that claiming environmental concern as a reason for not having children is often a rationalization. He contends that some people use environmental rhetoric to appear virtuous while continuing high-consumption lifestyles (expensive travel, large homes, luxury goods), and he characterizes this behavior as selfish and hypocritical rather than planet-saving.
People say it's the reason, but I think it's a rationalization. It's like somebody says, oh, look, I'm such a, you know, a noble citizen of the world. I'm so concerned about it that, you know, I'll spend my money on flying overseas trips and buying an ultra expensive car and a giant house and all the consumables in the world because I'm saving the planet by not having kids. Well, you're not saving the planet. You're just spending money in a different way, in a very selfish way, in my point of view, and enjoying yourself and thinking that you're virtuous.
Rising mental illness and falling birth rates have the same cause, it is this.....
