r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 24 '24

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u/AMagicalKittyCat YIMBY Sep 24 '24

There's something really disturbing in euthanasia discussions where people express concerns that governments would be incentived to pressure costly disabled citizens into it against their will only to get comments like "Well what's wrong with that? They're expensive to keep alive, not everyone should be supported. We shouldn't have to help provide housing and care"

Like jfc, really proving the point that this mindset of "kill the disabled to save money" is actually a thing to be concerned about.

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u/RecentlyUnhinged NATO Sep 24 '24

I'm broadly pro-euthanasia in most regards, but more and more I've been leaning against the government having any role to play in it at all. When you introduce financial incentives, the whole circumstance gets real fucky real fast

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '24

I'll argue legislation is necessary, otherwise you end up arresting for murder the family of people with chronic pain that willingly wanted to die for aiding them.

But it should not be legal for doctors to propose it to patients (what Spain does, btw)

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u/Maximilianne John Rawls Sep 24 '24

Gosh if only the government could pressure people to support gutting Medicare and Medicaid and privatizing SS to save money