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Today is International Workers' Day, a holiday with socialist origins. Its name hearkens back to a time when the political Left was ostensibly devoted to the cause of human welfare. These days, however, some on the far Left care less about the wellbeing of people than they do about making sure that people are never born at all. How did these radicals come to support a massive reduction in human population, if not humanity's demise? Whether it's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioning the morality of childbearing,
a birth-strike movement that encourages people to forego parenthood despite the "grief that [they say they] feel as a result," or political commentator Bill Maher
blithely claiming, "I can't think of a better gift to our planet than pumping out fewer humans to destroy it," a misanthropic philosophy known as "anti-natalism" is going increasingly mainstream.
The logical conclusion of this anti-humanist ideology is, depressingly, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (Vehmt). According to its founder, activist Les Knight, Vehmt (pronounced "vehement") is gaining steam. "In the last year," Knight
told the Daily Mail, "I've seen more and more articles about people choosing to remain child-free or to not add more to their existing family than ever. I've been collecting these stories and last year was just a groundswell of articles, and, in addition, there have been articles about human extinction."
Comment: The anti-human agenda is insidious in slow creep toward mainstream acceptance. When steeped in the lies of environmentalism, global warming and veganism, is it any wonder the perspective that human beings are inherently bad has taken root in the minds of so many?
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