Bestoutwest":ty18yox5 said:bball":ty18yox5 said:I think GBs post would have more bite if someone had brought up euthanasia.
There is a certain party of people in Congress that believe physician assisted suicide (the closest you'll ever get to euthanasia) is a viable option for folks. There is a another certain party of Congress that keeps that from being a reality. Therefore, it's really a non-issue. But honestly, I don't see the point of wallowing around in joint pain, incontinence and dementia for the last 10 years of my life. I'd rather end things while I've got some semblance of senility.
I suggest you read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. While not being a factual account of what could happen when a society decides to enforce eugenics, it offers a very well written 'what if' scenario when something like that happens. I believe that eugenics becomes slippery slope very quickly that doesn't end well, and one in which I'm glad I don't have to make any decisions.
Remember, the road to he!! is paved in gold.
There can only be bad things happening from population manipulation, by what ever method is used.
Due to the "American way of life" the life expectancy is dropping in the developed world. It is forecast that our children will not live as long as we do.
China has a looming labour supply crisis due to the one child policy.
As a world we produce the food to feed every one now and a while into the future as the population grows. Distribution and waste is the problem, then there are the other resources that we use. The US has lead the way in the consumption of nearly every thing, and most of the rest of the world wants the same.