What do warmongers and strongmen chat about? Living forever, of course.

  • shawn1122@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Living forever is a pretty direct fuck you to the next generation of humans so I can’t support it unfortunately.

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        3 days ago

        Under the current system, which has a lot of built in false scarcity, it would mean a 20 year old would be fighting your 300 year old self for resources. In a world with more even distribution of resources maybe it could work temporarily but eventually humans would either need to stop reproducing or enough people would need to die of war or starvation to justify continued reproduction.

        A system like this ultimately amounts to eugenics as only the “haves” will have access to immortality while the “have nots” perish naturally.

        Desiring immortality is an inherently self centered mindset.

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          2 days ago

          You are using entirely too many assumptions for my comfort.

          I’m ending my branch of my gene pool. It ends with me and I can choose to be responsible.

          I can make better choices than the ones you’ve have crafted. I’m better than you give me credit for.

        • leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          3 days ago

          But that’s a problem with the system, not with wanting to live as long as possible.

          Fuck the system.

          Burn it down, rebuild, and let’s go full Star Trek.