[Kudzu_Bob]

If you want to do something revolutionary that potentially threatens the status quo, first you have to be born.

[coldtea]

Sure. But the question on this thread is if you also have to have offspring, which is orthogonal to being born yourself.

[Kudzu_Bob]

Some people want to make the world a better place by having families. To me this makes at least as much sense most plans for world-improvement.

[coldtea]

What about having families makes the world a better place?

Plenty of abusive, criminal, ..., families. Matter of fact, every negative historical figure was also born into a family.

[Kudzu_Bob]

"What about having families makes the world a better place?"

Families are vital. That everybody from Genghis Kahn to Jonas Salk was born into one ought to be the tip-off.