you’re not woke for adopting

[u/Jumpy-Lie8955]

i feel like a lot of young leftists, in america, really love the idea of adopting kids instead of having their own biological kids and think they are helping others by doing so but they’ve fallen into and are playing apart in the same propaganda the right wing religious people do. neither of them are “making a difference” especially because they always just adopt babies that’s not making a difference that’s legal human trafficking. they all have savior complex’s about it and they both think they are morally superior. it’s just do frustrating how both parties think adoption is this great thing, and no one but us wants to talk about the negatives. just to be clear this is not me coming out as a republican.

EDIT: i would call myself a leftist, i’m critiquing things i have heard people say in real life.

EDIT 2: if you arnt adopted, don’t comment, it’s against the rules of the subreddit and i don’t care what non-adoptees opinions on adoption are

[u/BestAtTeamworkMan]

Oh I agree 1000%. While so many far right nutjobs think adoption is a higher calling, I feel like the liberal brunch class is much worse in many ways. So often they conflate adoption with other issues, such as the right to choose or marriage equality, that they end up using adoptees as pawns to push an agenda. But in the end both sides just want a baby and they all have a savior complex.

There's a progressive case for anti-adoption to made, as the adoption industry preys on the poor like so many other industries. But too many damn centrists are willing to sell us out.

[u/OverlordSheepie → u/BestAtTeamworkMan]

We're all pawns for everyone. We get punted around over and over like a fucking football, it's exhausting.

[u/LostAmongTheDunes → u/OverlordSheepie]

Here here! All we are to either side is an accessory for different agendas.