I get what you’re saying but I have a different life view. By saying “should be” all I mean is people should be able to exercise their basic rights and needs, or simply behave in a manner they desire, without being judged or crucified. Obviously, that manner has to be legal and preferably moral. I don’t see casual relationships as anything immoral, despite never engaging in them. I’ve seen way too many people who engage into relationships for the wrong reasons such as being lonely, wanting to have someone who loves them, lack of emotionally fulfilment, lack of happiness, societal pressures, etc. We all want to be happy and loved, but looking for someone to feel better or for validation is a horrible idea. Everyone should be happy, feel whole, and love themselves without needing another person to do that for them. Oh, and the fear of being lonely is probably a number one reason those around us get into relationships, plus the societal judgement and pressure to have kids. Frankly speaking, I think most people who start relationships do so for the wrong reason, and the same applies to marriages and having children. This is why I fully support the idea of casual sex, because it’s much better to be honest with yourself and work on your views, goals and own character development, than to engage in a relationship or start a family without being in the right mental state to do so.

I don’t believe anyone should have kids just because they got pregnant. More importantly, even parents who voluntarily chose to have kids can sometimes be not the best parents. If I had a say in this, I’d make everyone take a parenthood test before having a child. Because Jesus Christ, so many people shouldn’t do that. The world would have been a better place if they didn’t. But since most countries need population growth, some use manipulation methods and brainwashing (in the US it’s religion) to convince people to give birth. Recently, convincing turned into forcing them to do so. I think that a parent who wants to have an abortion because with would be best should absolutely go through with it, because having that child will bring more harm than good. This is why I say that abortion is usually not a moral decision but a social or socioeconomic one.

As for the drug epidemic, I think there are a lot of different parts to this conversation. Portugal has served as an excellent example of why decriminalisation of drugs is so important. I’m a Canadian, and I was so happy when weed got legalized (even though I have never smoked one; I only use CBD oil for sleep sometimes). The society must make a shift from seeing drug addicts as someone beneath them, irresponsible, sick, etc; and shift to seeing them as victims of drug use. I don’t even like saying “drug addicts” and prefer “victims of drug addiction”. Considering that the recent opioid crisis was caused by the big farma and doctors prescribing opioids left and right, it’s a very complex topic and I think that decriminalising drugs should work like decriminalisation of sex work in Canada: we treat sex workers as victims and don’t charge them for sex work, but we charge those who use their services and Johns. So, victims of the drug use should not be charged for using the drugs or being found with the drugs, but those who sell and prescribe them for no proper reason should surely be punished. The higher ups of the pharma companies who cause the opioid crisis should rot in jail.

It was nice discussing this with you too.