About a week ago, a Japanese legislator wrote an article and said something like "should we actually spend money on LGBT people? They do not give birth to children, which means that they are not productive." After seeing this, many people criticized and protested against this. They were saying things like "do not discriminate!", "humans' value is not determined based on productivity!", "respect human rights!", etc.
All that is not wrong. But why can't people come out and say that...
- productivity is not based on whether someone or a household has children or not. It depends on whether they are producing goods/services, and the quantity and the quality of the goods/services. (Production of Goods and Services = Productivity)
- regular working LGBT+ people are productive and have been paying taxes so they deserve to use public services by the government.
- if giving birth directly means productivity, then we can finally understand why Uganda is so rich. (Although in Japan, having more children will tend to increase future productivity, that is not necessarily the case. Having a child in a household does not necessarily mean the productivity of the country will increase.)
- if you do oppose the idea of using tax money on people who are not productive, you should support the abolition of the "Public Assistance" program, which is a social security program for the poor. You definitely do not have the courage and that would also be unconstitutional.
Many people are just yelling those slogans but do not/cannot make a criticism based on facts and reasoning. That is one thing that disappoints me.
How can legislators be so ignorant? Oh, democracy. I am so forgetful.
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