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Death the cure to all diseases (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I used to view euthanasia as highly progressive and stuff until I realized shit like this also comes with it. Not that I have anything against euthanasia, my grandma did it when she was battling incurable lung cancer, but still. There is a large grey area in which people who cannot afford to live also get the option. Basically eugenics.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 months ago

It is a difficult subject because it incentivizes the government to unalive the elderly and heavily handicapped instead of helping them.

Combine that with the "invisible hand of the free market" and the result can get ugly quickly.

[–] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 4 months ago

It gets worse now that it's being made available to people with disabilities and now with mental illness too. In Belgium there's precedent for people being euthanised for being for autism. Only difference from the Nazis is that at least the Hans Asperger didn't try to convince his patients they had to die.