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by topkai22 1258 days ago
That is a perspective with support, but I don’t believe it is commonly held. I’ll posit that the vast majority of people are happy at the the fact they exist and so feel there is some degree of obligation to those that enabled that to happen, even outside the normal bonds of familial affection.

This belief is common enough that in some circumstances you have not just a moral but legal responsibility to support your parents:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filial_responsibility_laws