alt Hacker News> I, who don't have or plan to have children, should spend my money to protect other people's children from the Internet.
For the same reason your taxes pay for schools even when you don't have kids.
Because we live in a society.
If you struggle to understand why that matters without reference to more direct personal stakes for yourself, just know that without a society, the children will grow up to rape you, kill you, and possibly consume you for your protein content.
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>For the same reason your taxes pay for schools even when you don't have kids.
>Because we live in a society.
Quote attributed to attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti 'It Is No Measure of Health To Be Well-Adjusted to a Profoundly Sick Society'
>just know that without a society, the children will grow up to rape you,
BS. I can tell you that you have never lived in a 'society' where there were no taxes. I have.
Have more IQ in your line of reasoning than the cliched 'society'. Idiot.
>For the same reason your taxes pay for schools even when you don't have kids.
But I have benefited from public education. Me paying for someone else's education in return is fair.
>Because we live in a society.
"Because we live in a society" is a phrase flexible enough that it can be used to justify anything, including outright theft: "we live in a society; us taking your stuff is the price you have been chosen to pay for your continued belonging". Want to try a little harder?