Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I like your idea. I mean WTF? We're spending money to keep inferior children alive. Oliver Wendell Holmes was right in sterilizing Carrie Buck. It was completely Constitutional to have her imprisoned. It was her tough luck that she was originally locked up because she was raped and the family wanted her keep it quiet. The principle stands.
You know it's not the first time this sort of thing has come up. The visionary Francis Galton predicted that the inferior would outbreed the superior and that's what happened. Right now we have a far far more expensive situation going on. Welfare moms without the sense to stop breeding have more children than those who work. They in turn have more children. There is no end. The parasites will outnumber the hosts and all will suffer.
We need to be outraged like the OP. Darwin points to the way to fix this problem. The workers need to let the slugs fend for themselves, giving them the opportunity to survive or die. If they die, then it's less of a drain on our society. If they survive then they have proved their worth by adopting to our standards. It's as fair as fair can be.
Next we have the supposed insolvable problem of health care. People pretend that eliminating profit will fix things. Even our wise leaders in government who have nothing but our best interests at heart cannot save us, because as the OP and I have said the dregs of the genetic pool will drag us down.
This wrong can be righted. We must realize that Nature would never allow some people to survive. Those with genetic problems can be sterilized, or if they fall below a government determined standard of productivity painlessly euthanized. Why should people be forced to live with a stigma, knowing that they can never meet the standard for survival unless artificially kept alive? Let them die with dignity.
Then there are the elderly and infirm. How do deal with them? It's not that hard really. What we can do is estimate the productivity of an individual and count that to the "plus" column. They are entitled to resources up to that amount. Once they exceed it, they will have a choice. They can be put to sleep, or as a reward for their labor can be sent to a colony with tools and enough resources for them to build houses, grow crops etc. It's a way to culturally relive the nostalgic pioneer days, and it doesn't cost us very much.
Since the OP touched on preemies, let's be frank. The whole abortion argument is a complete nonsensical artifice. A baby is a baby depending on what side of the vaginal exit it's on? How does that matter in the context of long term human welfare?
Every female pregnancy should be inspected. If there are genetic problems, end it. It would save so much suffering in the long run. Eventually we could eliminate birth defects, diabetes, low intelligence and other scourges. Who knows, maybe we could get to the point where we are able to predict who are most mentally adaptable with our Program. Think of the happiness!
The final solution of course is related to this. Realizing that the good of our species and society are paramount, and having done away with this artificial and outdated concept that babies are somehow automatically a good thing, we test children before they enter puberty. If they don't pass muster physically or intellectually, then cull them. It reduces the risk of bad genes being passed on, and the standards can be adjusted to create a sustainable world population. Too many mouths and not enough resources.
How can we reach these lofty goals? Education. The government is after all the creation of our society which exists to serve us. Our best chance for a happy world is for them to educate all children as soon as they are able to understand the importance of our becoming that Great Society long envisioned. Of course many will oppose our Grand Vision, but they too can be helped. We merely move them to re-education camp and use our latest techniques. We can even try out new therapies on these poor misguided miscreants. Glory!
With Government at the helm, and a clear understanding of the Common Good, we can in a few generations eliminate poverty, religion, hunger, suffering, and promote the Race.
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It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
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Living life in peace
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
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I hope someday you'll join us
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