Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Roni Fouks recently made a video about antinatalists being depressed, and that's why we shouldn't trust them. I respond.
Tejas' video response: youtube.com/watch?v=AOfb97ZX6VI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Antinatalist Handbook –rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Antinatalist Advocacy – increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist merch:
👕 | Get your favourite antinatalist merch: voidmerchandise.myshopify.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 – Intro
00:27 – Non-creation isn't killing
02:10 – Attack the messenger
03:42 – Butchering Benatar
07:55 – Depressive realism
17:14 – Depressed antinatalists
18:42 – The mask slips
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=KTI9BEfxE7k&t=3s
@ronifouks
The global decline of the fertility rate (Our World in Data): ourworldindata.org/global-decline-fertility-rate
Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265
The Human Predicament (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Human-Predicament-Candid-Biggest-Questions/dp/0190633816
Depressive Realism – Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Colin Feltham): amazon.co.uk/Depressive-Realism-Explorations-Mental-Health/dp/1138543209
Depressive realism – a meta-analytic review: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22717337
Depressive realism (Julie Reshe): aeon.co/essays/the-voice-of-sadness-is-censored-as-sick-what-if-its-sane
Roni Fouks recently made a video about antinatalists being depressed, and that's why we shouldn't trust them. I respond.
Tejas' video response: youtube.com/watch?v=AOfb97ZX6VI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Antinatalist Handbook –rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Antinatalist Advocacy – increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist merch:
👕 | Get your favourite antinatalist merch: voidmerchandise.myshopify.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 – Intro
00:27 – Non-creation isn't killing
02:10 – Attack the messenger
03:42 – Butchering Benatar
07:55 – Depressive realism
17:14 – Depressed antinatalists
18:42 – The mask slips
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=KTI9BEfxE7k&t=3s
@ronifouks
The global decline of the fertility rate (Our World in Data): ourworldindata.org/global-decline-fertility-rate
Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265
The Human Predicament (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Human-Predicament-Candid-Biggest-Questions/dp/0190633816
Depressive Realism – Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Colin Feltham): amazon.co.uk/Depressive-Realism-Explorations-Mental-Health/dp/1138543209
Depressive realism – a meta-analytic review: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22717337
Depressive realism (Julie Reshe): aeon.co/essays/the-voice-of-sadness-is-censored-as-sick-what-if-its-sane
