I'm not so sure this is an either/or. Maybe a chicken/egg. When economic conditions are such that each worker brings in more than enough to sustain one person then wealth/surplus (whether for the family or if taxes/tribute were collected for the tribe - which in many places exacerbated to needing enough workers to pay the leaders/landholder and still be able to raise enough to eat) then children, in addition to whatever they may have been before become a way to status, additional wealth, etc. then they become a resource and as much as we supposedly value our resources, they are things to be used, that benefit us ...
If we can consider our children a resource, what does that say about how much we are able to dehumanize others. About how much and in what ways they can be used for our benefit - you know, the mindset of imperialism and militarism.
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Re: Make FEWER babies
Date: 2006-09-29 06:08 am (UTC)If we can consider our children a resource, what does that say about how much we are able to dehumanize others. About how much and in what ways they can be used for our benefit - you know, the mindset of imperialism and militarism.