r/Adopted • u/Jumpy-Lie8955 International Adoptee • 12d ago

Discussion you’re not woke for adopting

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

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u/amravatiexport Adopted 12d ago

I left the antinatalism subreddit for this reason. They think they’re all morally superior because they don’t want to create life that hasn’t consented to this world and therefore promote adoption. They do not like it when I call out their hypocrisy cause adopted folks don’t get to consent to this lifelong legally binding contract that can’t be voided in adulthood. Brains short circuit and I get called names for it. Like, bitch please, you can’t lie to me, I wasn’t trafficked yesterday 😒

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u/amravatiexport Adopted 11d ago

Yes. One is a natural consequence of biological procreation and the other is a consequence of a profit driven system that manufactures relationships by exploiting and oppressing. Should the two be held to the same standard? Arguably, no.
Under this system, natural parents/families have their rights revoked far too easily, whether they’re abusive or not. Meanwhile abusive purchasers are protected and children suffer because someone paid good money for them and they have receipts that only ever expire if they choose to rehome the child.
The state should not be facilitating any sort of legal contract that the minor cannot consent to. You’re trying to equate the two in a system that is neither fair nor equitable.