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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
No no no, I'm not in agreement at all Ammi, I think fundamental aspects of society are completely broken and backwards. I utterly despise the school/work/retire/die rat race "life cycle" that we're all beholden to. I think that much should be pretty evident from... well... everything I've ever posted.
Everyone has been affected by cancer in some way. I literally don't know anyone who hasn't lost a friend or a family member to cancer... most people, multiple. No one has a monopoly on that and on an individual / personal basis (which is actually where I do most of my computer-chair-philosophising) curing any disease is a major triumph.
However, I find myself coming back to the fact that I feel like longer lifespans across the board and Capitalism are generally incompatible... and we seem to be absolutely stuck with glue to that system. I feel like longer lives would require a radical shift towards socialism (younger working age people accepting a significant tax increase to support the elderly) in order to not have people simply living longer, but bleaker, lives.
Just morbidly musing I guess, maybe not the place for it!
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Reminds of that Torchwood series where one day everyone stopped dying
