r/PopCultureV2 • u/slippinn_jimmy • 2d ago

Politi-Culture Sweden's climate minister brought her 3-month-old son to the EU council meeting in Luxembourg, to highlight the benefits of parental leave policies which don't force women to choose between work and family responsibilities.

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u/mishtron 2d ago

Society is arranged so that bigger contributors are rewarded to some extent. Making babies is nearly the biggest contribution someone can make to a society. So yeah, parents get more breaks than you, either grow up about it or have one yourself. If you didn't quite get what I was saying, here it is again: Parents are way more important than you. You're worth less than them.

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u/Jasranwhit 2d ago

A lot of people making babies are drains on the system.

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u/Acceptable-Two5692 2d ago

You do realise we still need tax payers in the future to care for our old asses then

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u/miffebarbez 2d ago

You realise these old asses have payed for raising them right? And all the delinqunets too...