Senator Dianne Feinstein appeared confused during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday. When asked to vote on a proposal, Feinstein began giving a lengthy speech instead of simply saying “aye” or “nay” as requested. The committee chair, Senator Patty Murray, had to repeatedly tell Feinstein “just say aye” and remind her that it was time for a vote, not speeches. After some delay, Feinstein finally cast her vote. A spokesperson said Feinstein was preoccupied and did not realize a vote had been called. The incident raises further concerns about Feinstein’s ability to serve at age 90, as she has made other recent mistakes and often relies on aides.
If we were serious about having an actual impact on climate change, we should be talking about how long it is actually fair or reasonable for any human being to live.
Are you suggesting we withhold medical treatment from people past a certain age?
Oh no, that would be cruel. I’m suggesting a madatory retirement age of 40, and mandatory painless death at 65. What good do we contribute to the world beyond this time? We just become a drain and a nuisance to society in every way. We hold back progress, we are a danger on the roads and basically just suck up resources to live a miserable and largely unenjoyable life until we die at an artificially inflated age far past our usefulness.
It’s really not sustainable to keep people living this long. It’s super fucked up. I’d rather be eaten by a bear.
Do you know any old people? Lots of them still have joyful and valuable lives. Also, quit talking about people in terms of “usefulness”. Sick people aren’t “useful”, disabled people aren’t “useful”, but they most certainly have a fucking right to live.
I agree that artificially keeping a person alive while they no longer have any joy or value in their lives might be wrong, but this is a very difficult assertion to make and is certainty a lot more complex than your “just kill everyone at 65”.
Also, the problem is not population, it’s how consumer focused our society is, constantly throwing away sustainable and ecological solutions for the sake of more profit.
We’re at the tipping point, friend. Out of the box thinking is what can fix this, and your insistence that this isn’t a population problem is pure ignorance. Sure, we can feed all the people…that comes at a cost.
Each life demands resources and produces millions of tonnes of emissions just to maintain some basic semblance of existence.
We must kill the old people. I’m sorry.
Wow, that is absolutely insane. My parents are around that age and as active and healthy as ever. I expect them to live another 30 years at least. They both still work even, and are damn good at their jobs.
I don’t care. I’m sorry, they’ve got to go. I’ve only got 26 years left. I’ve already had a good run, maybe 65 is too generous. It’s a small sacrifice for the greater good.
lol okay, whatever you say buddy
I somehow feel as if you would be a hoot to have a beer with, but unfortunately this is the nice Lemmy instance with … shock … users over the age of 65. Even though part of me thinks you are just trolling the mods, we can’t leave up anything that even remotely reads as advocacy for murder.
Stay away from those bears.
Oh shit, Beehawed again. I respect that. I don’t think it’s the place for me - I’m more into talking about real solutions to our problems, not just getting mad about shit.
Lol. You are welcome with your out of the box thinking. Just don’t kill our user base. We are also stealing “Beehawed” as a verb. Sorry.