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msgstr "Vielleicht ein bisschen chillen. Spüren Sie sich frei zu reden! ❤"

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msgstr "Nachricht gesendet!"

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"Ein Fehler trat beim Versuch der Nachricht auf. Bitte versuchen Sie es "

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"Páginas principales del sitio web de Maarten, un programador belga que "

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"Main pages of Maarten's website, a %(years)s year old Belgian programmer. "

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"Pages principals du site web de Maarten, un programmeur belge a %(years)s "

"ans. Aussi, un étudiant d'informatique sur l'Université d'Hasselt, et "

"d'ingénieur civil d'informatique sur l'Université de Gand."

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msgstr "Page d'acceuil"

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msgstr "Me détendre un peu. N'hésitez pas à parler! ❤"

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"Une erreur s'est produite en essayant d'envoyer le message. Veuillez "

"réessayer plus tard."

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"Le formulaire présenté contenait des données non valides et a été "

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"Hoofdpagina van Maartens website, een %(years)s-jarige Belgische "

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"Waarschijnlijk een beetje aan het ontspannen. Wees vrij om met mij te "

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{% block title %}{% trans "Activism" %}{% endblock title %}

{% block description %}{% blocktrans %}For the greater good. Find out about some interesting things to better the world as we all know and love it.{% endblocktrans %}

{% endblock description %}

{% block main %}

<section class="emphasis">

<h3 id="ĉirkaǔ">{% trans "Activism?" %}</h3>

<p>{% blocktrans %}You see, the world gets better all the time. Mostly, this is

    thanks to people who believe in something, and actively strive to better the

    world. They come in all sizes and types, but they're collectively named "activists".

    Now, I know that most people reading this don't think about themselves as

    being an activist; most likely you're studying, or working a career, taking

    care of friends and/or family. You don't have time for activism. At best,

    you might donate to a cause you believe in, or buy a sticker. Maybe even

    just because it's a small tax writeoff.{% endblocktrans %}

</p>

<p>

    {% blocktrans %}And you know what? <strong>That's perfectly fine.</strong>

        This page is not to tell you about how you're not doing <em>enough</em>

        or why it would matter more than what you're currently doing. There are

        enough other people that profess that already, and I personally don't

        think it helps activism a lot. Besides, lots of people already do things

        because they assume it helps. Look at recycling, blood donations, organ

        transplants (especially altruistic donations), child adoption, and so on.

        I know it's not often regarded as activism, but I do want to look at it

        in different ways than the stereotypical spreading of pamphlets and

        asking for signatures on market squares.{% endblocktrans %}

</p>

<p>

    {% blocktrans %}That's why I made this page for activism: I think a lot of

        people really want to make a change, but don't see it as viable for their

        life. Or they're not sure what to do. Here, I present a list of causes

        and activities I believe can make the world a better place for everyone.

        It's also important to remember that nobody can do everything, plenty of

        valid reasons why that's the case. Maybe you think that organic farming

        is better for the environment, but you still buy non-organic food because

        you can't afford the higher price. But that doesn't mean that partaking

        in activism is hypocritical by default (which is a reasoning that somebody actually

        used in a discussion about activism with me). On this page, you find causes

        I believe in, that you can donate to, or small things you can do in your

        daily life that help that. You won't find the general calls to action here

        like "You should vote" and "Recycle as much as possible",

        I assume most people already see those often enough. I target more specific and

        fewer mentioned points. For some things, I propose certain replacements

        to "ease" taking on an cause without disrupting your life radically.

        (Like vegetarianism; it's a good thing, really, but replacing ⅓ of most

        people's daily diets is too radical for most people to do anyway.)

        I hope it allows you to partake more in activism.{% endblocktrans %}

</p>

<p>

	{% blocktrans %}I want to end this with a nice citation,

		<a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass#West_India_Emancipation_.281857.29"

		   target="_blank">accredited to Frederick Douglass</a>:{% endblocktrans %}

	<blockquote>{% blocktrans %}If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

		Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation,

		are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

		They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean

		without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a

		moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and

		physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without

		a demand. It never did and it never will.{% endblocktrans %}</blockquote>

</p>

</section>

<section>

<h3 id="procreation">{% trans "Urgent: Do NOT procreate" %}</h3>

<p>

    {% blocktrans %}I know this sounds pretty radical, but

        allow me to explain in detail. I'm sure you'll understand.<br />

        The scientific consensus is clear: Humans are the main cause of the

        climate mayhem, period. Collectively, we are ruining the planet's ecosphere.

        It's also clear that there's a direct correlation between the earth's

        temperature, and the amount of humans that are on it:

        <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World-Population-1800-2100.svg"

		   target="_blank">This graph</a>

        shows the rise of the global population, and

        <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Major_greenhouse_gas_trends.png"

		   target="_blank">these graphs</a>

        show the increase of greenhouse gases during that same timespan.{% endblocktrans %}

</p>

<p>

    {% blocktrans %}I'm not the first one to state that having no children is the

best thing you can do:

        <a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541/pdf"

		   target="_blank">A study</a>

        calculated that living a <em>completely</em> car-free life reduces your carbon footprint by 2.4 tonnes of CO₂(-equivalent emissions) per year,

        while having just one <strong>(just one!) fewer child reduces it by 58.6 tonnes of CO₂. Per. Year.</strong>

        It goes without saying that having one fewer child is <em>way</em> easier than living without a car for the

        rest of your life.<br />

        You can see why it strikes me as very odd that lots of people are calling for

        small solutions like electrical cars, or a vegetarian diet, while

        at the same time omitting what might be the easiest and most effective

        solution to make a truly great impact on the world. Sure, the other things

        help, but not nearly as much as having no/fewer children.{% endblocktrans %}

<p>

    {% blocktrans %}From that (again: scientifically proven) point, the inference is thus:

        Every ecological problem caused by humans gets larger and more destructing

        with every new human. The easiest and best solution to this problem, is to do as

        I do, and have no children. By not creating more humans, you are saving the planet

        from probably 4-10 people in the following decades.{% endblocktrans %}

</p>

<p>

    {% blocktrans %}Having no children allowed me to study whatever I want,

        and might be the biggest contribution to planet Earth I'll ever make. At the same time,

        I've seen a member of my family give up a possible job as police inspector because she

        got pregnant. These are just personal anecdotes, but I doubt I'd have to look very

        far for other examples where somebody had to stash per dreams because of an oncoming child.

        (If that person even gets to see that child very much: My parents got divorced, which

        is not only bad for the children of said parents, but in my case, my father

        didn't get to see me very often when I was a minor.)

    {% endblocktrans %}

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<p>

	{% blocktrans %}Some people suggest that not the amount of people living is

	the problem, but that the way they live is bad. So solving the climate

	mayhem can also happen with a more sustainable lifestyle.<br />

	Let's ignore the fact that saying seven billion people is "not too

	much" is (at least) remarkable. First, for a lot of people, a more

	"sustainable" lifestyle is simply too hard to accomplish. The more

	people there are, the less resources are available for everyone. Lowering

	the population directly implies that everyone's lifestyle becomes

	automatically more sustainable, and requires practically no difficult

	intervention.<br />

	Also, this statement prepositions that there's enough resources for

	everyone. This is ignorant; if everyone lived in a decent way, we'd need

	at least 2.5 Earths just to keep up. Currently, the disgusting way

	people in third world countries have to live can't even offset a way of

	living humanely.<br />

	Finally, the climate mayhem has already started, and its consequences are

	already happening. Even assuming that 7 billion people is not too much,

	getting them all to live sustainable will take way longer than simply

	reducing the population, and we can't afford any delay.<br />

	Oh, and before I forget: Having no children and a sustainable lifestyle

	are not mutually exclusive. We can (and must) do both.{% endblocktrans %}

</p>

<p>

{% blocktrans %}Some people tout the economy as a reason why this is a bad

	suggestion.<br />

	First, simply making this statement implies that economical progress is an

    argument that's worth

	taking into consideration with the current direction we're heading, which is

	one where the economy will be the least of our problems.<br />

	Secondly, many economists say that a constant growth is economically

	necessary, and since the economy grows with more people, reducing the birth

	rate is bad. This argument dismisses discussion out of hand ("It goes

	against our current system, therefore this will be bad"). It also assumes

	that we should always work towards "economic growth", which could work if

	the planet would also grow infinitely. Since it doesn't, economic growth is

	finitely bound, and since

	<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Overshoot_Day" target="_blank">

		we're currenty using more of the Earth than it can possibly

		replenish</a>, we've exceeded that limit. Thus, our current economic

	situation is incompatible with the planet we all live on. One of the two

	must change, and we're stuck on Earth, so the economy must change.<br />

	While we're on the subject of economics:

	A reduction in the world population has also secondary economical benefits:

	It's easier for a government to pay for healthcare and education if there are fewer

	students/patients to pay for in the first place. These funds can then easily be divested

    to paying pensions for the elderly, or other problems that need funding.

    Also, jobs that have struggle with constant shortage of workforce (like school teachers)

    will see this problem gradually disappear.

    Of course, global heating already puts economies across the planet

in jeopardy because of all the problems it causes, that then need fixing. It

also causes so-called climate refugees, who also need to be granted asylum, and

all the costs that come with it.{% endblocktrans %}

</p>

<p>

    {% blocktrans %}Governments ought to teach children in school about this matter,

    and spread information about (working) anticonception measures. An increase in

    abortion rights will also help, and is also beneficial to the rights of women, another

	important problem. It goes without saying that I am pro abortion rights.<br />

	Of course, many of these measures directly contradict religious teachings

	(including the thought that women must give birth as much as possible,

	<a href="https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2018/01/05/vlaams-belang-wil-dat-vlamingen-meer-kinderen-krijgen---nieuwkom/" target="_blank">

	ideas that are also often espoused by extremist groups, like

    Vlaams-Belachelijk and AfD<!--Albernheit für Deutschland?--></a>),

	but we mustn't listen to that; they're fundamentally irrational, and

	their preachers would rather condemn people to parenthood against their will,

	rather than allow abortions, which are medically speaking less dangerous

	procedures than giving birth. Forcing people to risk maternal death against

	their will because of a flawed reasoning is reprehensible, that's why they

	should be called the

	<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/22/abortion-lets-call-the-pro-lifers-what-they-are-pro-death">

		<strong>pro-death</strong> movement</a>; because of these people, the US

	now has

	<a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-rate-of-maternal-deaths-in-the-developed-world">

	the highest number of maternal deaths in the developed nations.</a>{% endblocktrans %}

</p>

<p>

	{% blocktrans %}While I don't want humanity to disappear, I don't have to worry

	that my call to not have children will cause that; there is no way I'd ever become

	so influential that I would cause that to happen. Therefore, any change that

    I might cause is all to the good.<br />

    I also don't want governmentally issued laws that limit procreation; that is

    very unlikely to work anyway, and since lower income households have more

    children on average than higher income, the burden of such a law would fall

    on those people that have enough problems already. It would also fuel the idea

		that wanting a family should be a misdemeanour, which is ridiculous.

    (To continue on that: The government should focus especially on immigrants

    and lower income households, because these groups have statistically the

    largest families. Reducing the birthrate with them will have more effect

    than with other types of households.)

    Also, children that are born, deserve/need all the

    help to develop themselves, and laws need to be put in place that supports

    families, such as school and child subsidies, to name a few.{% endblocktrans %}

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<p>

{% blocktrans %}Additionally, the time that would otherwise need to be invested

in child care, is then completely up to you to use for other things. You

can go on a very long vacation, you can devote yourself to a cause, make a

lucrative career, study, ...{% endblocktrans %}