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For the same reason that investing works, having children works at creating greater happiness Trends are on your side

>While there are fluctuations, we see ongoing and positive growth in living conditions, availability of goods, and in most measures of global happiness [1]
>While some people will experience dips in happiness or may even deviate from trends dramatically, the share of people who say they are satisfied with life is dramatically increasing

Antinatalism is pointing at the dips and saying "Why would you subject someone to that, look at the decreases!" without looking at the historical and current path of the chart.

It is quite literally projecting.

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/happiness-and-life-satisfaction