We should certainly use contraceptives to keep our population at an optimum level for the Earth. I am not suggesting that we should be encouraging people to be freeloaders. I am suggesting collective equal ownership and contribution based on ability and receiving based on needs. I know a thirty-year-old autistic man who is still in nappies and is non-speaking. His condition severely limits what he can do. The Nazis would have executed him. I once met someone who believed in the ideology that if you can't defend your life you don't have the right to live. I believe that all living things have a right to life, not just the ones that can defend their lives. Vegan egalitarianism will reduce the amount of suffering, inequality, injustice, and death on Earth. It would be even better if we could genetically engineer all living things to be nonconsumers so that they can exist without consuming any air, water and food. — Truth Seeker
Yes I read that link and promptly fell asleep. :lol: :cry: I have to use a machine to keep me breathing when I sleep and just this morning with Truth Seeker's prompting I discovered my machine is not working properly. Sorry everyone, I am out of order and not functioning properly.Did you checkout how much certain countries actually hold in reserve? And most grains can last decades in the correct conditions. — Sir2u
That makes me think of a common thought exercise used in many college classes. There are 6 people on a life raft with enough provisions for 5. What do you do? — Athena
I don't think a planet of nonconsumers is a good idea. — Athena
The Nazis killed lots of disabled people. It's very sad but it happened.what kind of human being would exterminate people with disabilities — Athena
Would you feel safe living next door to someone like that? — Athena
Perfectionism is dangerous. How might we avoid that? — Athena
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I don't think a planet of nonconsumers is a good idea.
— Athena
What's wrong with organisms being nonconsumers? Surely, it is better to be able to live without consuming any air, water, food, sunlight, etc.?
what kind of human being would exterminate people with disabilities
— Athena
The Nazis killed lots of disabled people. It's very sad but it happened.
Would you feel safe living next door to someone like that?
— Athena
No, I would not.
Perfectionism is dangerous. How might we avoid that?
— Athena
Cultivating empathy and compassion would help. — Truth Seeker
Nothing, I am not there.
BUT, they would only have to redistribute the provisions for six and would probably have to prepare to die a day earlier if not rescued. — Sir2u
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