The Ideology That Wants to End All Life – Efilism

Efilism… have you heard of the ideology that wants to end all life? I dive into this controversial view and give my opinion. *Clarification: I have caused some confusion at timestamp 19:15. I say that Efilists do not have to support real-world uses of violence. What I meant by this is that an Efilist does not necessarily have to support uses of violence in the world we live in now. Of course, Efilists must support some use of violence, at least in the future, when it is necessary to achieve sentient extinction. The support of violence can, in my understanding, remain hypothetical until it becomes necessary for sentient extinction. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THANK YOU~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you to Amanda, John, Tejas, Conundrum and Ola for their help in providing feedback and participating in discussion for my research. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~DEFINITION~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Efilism is the view that existence is a net negative and that it would be better if there were no sentient life in the universe, and that humans have a moral duty to bring about sentient extinction by any means necessary (but preferably via those that are expected to minimise harm). The term was first coined by the YouTuber Inmendham. The above definition is one I created myself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 📧 | Contact Me: [email protected] 🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: https://ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton My projects: 🗯️ | Rebutting common natalist arguments: https://antinatalisthandbook.org ✅ | Increasing your impact as an antinatalist: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org Get your favourite antinatalist clothing: 👕 | Anti Natalist Social Club T-shirt: https://a12497-55.myshopify.com/produ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 00:00 - Intro 00:21 - What is Efilism? 03:31 - Definitions 11:35 - History 14:15 - Antinatalism vs Efilism 21:04 - Novelty? 25:57 - Critique 31:50 - Conclusion + Outro ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Philosophical Pessimism Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoso... The Relationship Between Antinatalism & Extinction:    • The Relationship Between Antinatalism & Ex...   History links: • The Pain of Living (English Translation): https://archive.org/details/marie-huo... • La Science française, Oct 27 (Jacques Maheu interview) : https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt... • Solve suffering by blowing up the universe? The dubious philosophy of human extinction: https://theconversation.com/solve-suf... • Ulrich Horstmann’s “Das Untier” (1983): An introduction for non-German readers: https://lennysarchive.wordpress.com/2... • Negative Utilitarianism (R. N. Smart): https://academic.oup.com/mind/article... Sentiocentric antinatalism links: • Should Antinatalists Be Vegan?:    • Should Antinatalists Be Vegan?   • Why Dogs Shouldn't Have Kids:    • Why Dogs Shouldn't Have Kids   • Are Animals Included in Antinatalism?:    • Are Animals Included in Antinatalism?   Very Practical Ethics (David Benatar): https://global.oup.com/academic/produ... Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Better-Never... On the Sufferings of the World (Arthur Schopenhauer): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10732... On the Vanity of Existence (Arthur Schopenhauer): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10732... Charles Darwin’s autobiography: https://darwin-online.org.uk/converte... River Out of Eden (Richard Dawkins): https://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Out-Ed... A Pareto Principle for Possible People (Christophe Fehige): https://www.fehige.info/pdf/A_Pareto_... Why Antinatalists Should STOP Talking About The Red Button:    • Why Antinatalists Should STOP Talking Abou...   Should Antinatalists Discuss the RED BUTTON? | Cosmic Antinatalist:    • Should Antinatalists Discuss the RED BUTTO...   Why Your Life is Worse Than You Think:    • Why Your Life is Worse Than You Think   Nature (John Stuart Mill): https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/asse... Debunking the Idyllic View of Natural Processes (Oscar Horta): https://www.stafforini.com/docs/Horta... Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by ‪@LofiGirl‬