Tonight’s CBS Evening News gave viewers something beyond the normal network fare: garden-variety Malthusianism couched in equal parts brave self-determination and concern for others. And it was quite disconcerting to view.
Watch as our interview subjects host a party for their fellow childless, and weep for the future:
FRIEND: Was it financial, was it not finding the right — the right-the body style…
BATTISTE: When Tiana’s friends began having kids, she started organizing occasional get-togethers for others who want to be child-free.
FRIEND: Just seems like every time you turn on the news, something bad is happening. Just not the world I would want to raise a kid in.
FRIEND: Can’t control climate change. I think everything else is fixable. But that, I’m not so sure.
Far from striding into the future, these people seem to want to avoid it-…
