Aussoc: Infinity War

The Aussoc Infinity war began on 25 January 2019. The gruelling exchange saw the ragtag team of Trots, MLs, Socdems, and Anarchists battle the anti-natal LeftCom, Mahoulo. The slug-fest lasted hours and only ended after the forced retreat of Mahoulo. The battle recommenced on 9 February 2019 (see Aussoc: Infinity War- Med School).

Out of Left(Com) field
The team assembled around midday to discuss a transphobic ruling made by Japan's supreme court. All seemed normal; surely there could be no bad takes from socialists when it came to state mandated sterilisation? This false sense of security didn't last long as Mahoulo burst into the channel declaring, "actually everyone should be sterilised equally. this post brought to you by the anti-natal gang."

Assuming it to be a joke the team attempted to laugh at the post. Comments included "Sterilise only leftcoms," and " I feel like with their personalities and all we don't really need to."

The war officially began with Mahoulo's declaration that "no joke if you aren't an anti-natalist you are actually like. I can't put into words how evil it is to have children."

A Line in the Sand
The initial battle lines were drawn by Mahoulo who argued that human procreation is an inherently selfish act, whereby two people create a life without asking this new being whether or not it wishes to exist. Anyone asked at this stage would decline to be created. A human life, according to Mahoulo, is one of immense suffering and therefore its creation is unethical.

The first to respond to such claims were icachris nic2395 and fosfossil. The trio met the declarations with scorn and incredulity. Attempts were made to situate the suffering humans endure under capitalism, "life sucks ass but a large part of that is because of capitalism," and arguments were made for the smashing of capitalism "Counterpoint: humans are good and cool and I want to smash inequality and capitalism so humans can express how good and cool they are."

The humanists held their ground against the anti-natalist, but the battle continued to grind on. It was ceded by the humanists that there was suffering in life, but that there was also the possibility of joy.

This was not enough to convince Mahoulo, as they claimed, "you cannot guarantee [joy]. you can guarantee suffering."

Reinforcements Arrive
As the incredulity stretched and hope began fading the humanists received back up from Cyan Lime as well as from an unlikely source, Comrade MTM.

Procreation, they argued, was a basic human act one that we had evolved for milennia to accomplish. Again attempts were made to explain the suffering felt by people in late stage capitalism.

Attempting to subvert the argument Mahoulo claimed that not all suffering was social, suggesting that it was possible to lose the "genetic lottery."