Stray Thoughts On The Underpinnings Of Pro-Natalism

As part of the ever-expanding universe of BFT content, I thought I'd do a post-blog video each week with some extra thoughts/takes/rantings that didn't quite make it into the blog post itself.

We'll call them "stray thoughts" because that sounds better. It's not entirely new to BFT, as longtime readers might recall when I could not stop writing about the American left getting patriotism in the national divorce.

The Bad Faith Of Pro-Natalism Is Uglier Than You Know

“Anytime someone wants to have a conversation about pro-natalism, they really want to have a conversation about white supremacy.”

Bad Faith TimesDenny Carter

Today's video focuses on my recent post on the bad faith inherent in pro-natalism, and why it's probably not a great idea for liberals and leftists to join fascists in doing that thing where you tell every woman to have eleven babies. I touched on the economic thought that underpins pro-natalism and another way to think about human reproduction, as detailed here by my third favorite Japanese Marxist philosopher.

Usually these videos are going to be available only to Bad Faith Times supporters, who also have access to the weekly BFT podcast. Today, I thought, I'd offer the video to everyone just in case you wanted to check it out and – using a complex algorithm – determine if you're "into it."

I will look powerfully into making this video slightly less blurry next week.