I hear more and more voices from the right

[misanthrope]

advocating for rescuing the economy by isolating the high risk and letting everyone else carry on as normal. When further pressed, they will note that those high-risk folks are basically poor, disabled, infirm and elderly. They're a "drain on the system." "Takers not producers."

Sound vaguely familiar? It should. It's eugenics by another name. Isolate then eradicate.

They don't need the ovens and Zyklon this time. Nature's little bug will do the work.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Hitler did some of that.

Now, in this scenario the entire US Senate almost has to go, Rump and Pence as well.

They are old.

In reality it will depend on your wealth and connections...we know that


So as long as the GOP senators and prez and vp and the GOP people over that age who are rich go, then so be it.

but they wont

[uponit7771]

9. +1, T4 program was Hitlers own policy of euthanasia in Germany. People protested and he dropped it

[certainot]

24. the stupid motherfucking local morn blowhard on the loudest radio station in NM had a "doctor"

from a RW think tank who explained to the a big part of the state while they're waiting for the traffic and weather and latest trumpvirus news that the death rate is greatly overblown because nearly all are old and are basically dying from preexisting conditions related to being old!

it sounds like that's a national meme being used to support the trump motherfucker

and this station depends on the univ of NM to keep broadcasting sports on it. stupid fucking UNM actually advertises on it during the limbaugh show! recruiting ads!

that's happening all over the country with at least 87 universities and many pro teams.

the GOP senate will turn on trump when dems finally pull their ear buds out their ass and recognize fox is not thte problem

[The Wizard]

47. What are the chances of a

Rash Limbaugh listener going to college?

[bloom]

2. At the risk of being too dark

I would not put it past Republican leaders to figure that people in big cities (New York, San Francisco, Seattle) - many of those being Democrats, primarily, are also 'disposable. (So why bother having the Feds help, etc.)

Quite a few Right-wing pundits have been whipping up hate against Democrats for years. 25-30 years.

[mmbrevo]

11. This is a very uncomfortable discussion to have but,

The older a person is, the more likely they are to support trump. So killing off old people particularly in battleground states, Fl for example, would be very bad for repubs. Am I missing something?
I dont think it's all that sinister. Yes, they think old folks are a drain on the system, but I think trump just wants the "sock rocket" to go back up.

[Thekaspervote]

32. Yes you are missing something!! That is truly disgusting!

[FM123]

48. When you say

Am I missing something?
I don't think it's all that sinister.

you are talking about how they probably DON'T have a sinister plan because they need the old folks to live and vote for trump, right? You are not saying that their alleged plan of letting old folks die is not sinister...

I am a little weary at the moment, not sure if I am reading this right...

[mmbrevo]

59. Yes

I think people dying, anybody dying, young or old doesn't matter to trump. It's all just collateral damage. Sorry, didn't mean to offend anybody.

[FM123]

60. No apologies, necesary...

I was tired when I was reading the posts and I just wasn't sure what was what when you referred to sinister. Yes I think we all agree that trump doesn't care about anybody young or old.

[jberryhill]

3. The term you are looking for is "useless eaters"

[uponit7771]

10. +1, wasn't that a phrase used on Man In High Castle? Acting in that series was tops

[jberryhill]

12. sigh

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/useless_eater

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_unworthy_of_life

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

55. It was a Nazi term referring to people they considered unworthy to live.

Mainly the elderly and disabled.

[misanthrope]

19. They've changed that for modern times

Modern marketing and all.

[Hoyt]

4. GOPers aren't going to kill the elderly until after the election. The elderly vote, and lean GOPer.

[hamsterjill]

5. A 40-year old died today here.

Link at:

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/03/24/woman-in-her-40s-dies-from-covid-19-in-san-antonio-marking-second-virus-related-death-in-city/

[Haggis for Breakfast]

6. Did you hear what that Texas buffoon Dan Patrick said ?

He said that the stores and shops and schools should re-open and that the "grandparents" should sacrifice themselves for their grandchildren. Further, he added that he's talked to hundreds of Texan grandparents and they all him that they would do this to save the economy.

AYFKM ??

Okay, Dan, we'll start with you.

[cayugafalls]

13. Dan Patrick is a fucking liar. nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

23. I'm safe. I don't have grandchildren.

[notdarkyet]

33. Yep, got my handy shotgun ready just for varmints like him

On the serious side. Can people pick and chose who gets it? Trump is old as shit and just as unhealthy.

[Traildogbob]

46. He also said

People over 72 like him can care for themselves. Really, he has great insurance WE pay for. Socialism. He can also obviously get a test at the drop of a hat. Fuck him....and his grandkids.

[Texaswitchy]

7. Useless eaters they were called in Germany.

The only thing the virus will get even the rich and powerful.

[notdarkyet]

35. Five more from a disco party at New Bedford got it. Think it's dangerous to hang around trump.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. Basically the same dogma we heard from Spiro Agnew in the late 60s.

It all boils down to saving corporations and the ultra-wealthy from paying taxes.

That still upsets us however, because we are the compassionate, caring humanists that believe in human rights and equality.

Same evil right-wing bullshit, different era......

[smirkymonkey]

14. The interesting thing is that many right-wing politicians are seniors.

And I must say that a majority of them are not looking like they are in the best of health. I find it funny how they think that they are immune from this. They really do think they are the "chosen ones", don't they?

I honestly hope they all catch it and never recover.

[yaesu]

15. There are kids in critical condition do to covid, these fascist idiots not only refuse to understand

what a monster we are dealing with but they are too stupid to learn the history of pandemics that do not end well when ignorance takes hold.

[wnylib]

20. Their attitude toward the kids

and young adults would be that they are inferior if they do not survive so the world is better off without them.

When I think about the lowest paid and least regarded members of society who are keeping us going, like grocery clerks, truckers, Amazon employees, and nurses, I think about the consequences of the Plague in Medieval times.

The peasants deserted their manor lord masters and demanded higher wages and more rights. The old feudal system cracked and began to fall. Not all at once, but the Plague was the catalyst. The elite were taunted with rhymes and slogans about the equality of disease and death.

We might see some parallels to this in our times.

[SunSeeker]

16. Not only is that evil, but it is factually wrong. 50% of Covid deaths are under age 70.

80% of infections are people under age 65.

And we still don't know if once you've had Covid-19 you're immune, or if you will get sick again if exposed again.

Even if the elderly are sacrificed, mllions of old AND young will die. And with everyone sick and dying, the economy will crash regardless. So all the right wing miscreants will accomplish is giving us 2 million more graves.

[Dan]

36. That's an outstanding point you just made!11

[CaptYossarian]

17. Enjoy your Soylent Green.

[iluvtennis]

18. They are truly deplorable...just like Hillary said. nt

[DENVERPOPS]

21. Agreed Mis....but Eugenics sounds so much more benign than

Genocide..................

The Senior/Elderly Genocide is just another step up the ladder for them to destroy ones underneath them.

They figure just like you said that it gets rid of a whole segment of the population who are a drain on the system.

It would solve so many problems and multiple financial drains:

money for Social Security
money for Disabled
money for snap food stamps
money for medicare
money for anything other than politicians, the uber wealthy and corporations. Especially corporate tax cuts and corporate welfare.

This would be the SECOND Genocide in this nations history.....It's just too frikkin bad that the Native Americans didn't have a Border Patrol and ICE squad. This time it is Corona, last time it was smallpox in blankets......

[Bluethroughu]

22. Nazis

Same as it ever was,
Just Rhymes.

[Joinfortmill]

25. Many of the folks spouting this shit are old. WTF?

[Thekaspervote]

34. Agree!

[roamer65]

26. Fucking Nazis.

[liberalmuse]

27. The banality of evil.

The likes of Trump and the GOP have no plan. Their only plan for the past 40 years is looting the treasury whenever they get into power and taking money from the poor and middle class and giving it to the rich. That is all. Trump is okay with killing the most vulnerable because he is incapable of coming up with a solution to both keep the economy stable AND flatten the curve. Fuck it. He'd rather allow millions to die than let on that he is so far out of his league and utterly clueless as to how to even start coming up with any solutions. His narcissism won't allow him to listen to experts because, after all, he knows more than everybody.

[CentralMass]

56. Well said.

[Generic Brad]

28. Tonight Glen Beck and Britt Hume are advocating that

They are claiming the old and infirm should sacrifice themselves for the sake of propping up the stock market for 401k’s belonging to the young. Evil fuckers.

[Dan]

37. Did they provide a starting age point?

[Generic Brad]

40. Beck says 50. Hume just says grandparents

Apparently we’re supposed to take one for the team, in their warped views.

[Dan]

49. I suspect that Beck's over 50.

Well, for myself, I am willing to take one for the team.... right after Trump, Moscow Mitch, and the rest of the GOP Senators of senior age.

[treestar]

29. They value only $$$$$

Not grandparents.

[patphil]

30. Sounds like Hitler's Germany.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

31. Republicans don't just let you down, they let you die.

If you're not a campaign donor, they're willing to speed up your demise.

[wildflower]

38. I'm curious about how evangelicals are responding to this

[FiveGoodMen]

58. They have always been Nazis, so they're happy with current events.

[leighbythesea2]

39. Then with old republicans it's

Die to own the Libs?

[blakstoneranger]

41. MOST OF TRUMPS BASE FALL INTO ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES!!

But then, trump and bannon were the ones referring to trumps base as "deplorables". Except trump's base believes hillary clinton came up with it--wrong!

[sagetea]

42. I think we've now

crossed over into the "Logan's Run" area of the dystopian novels. They WILL kill anyone who is not 'one' of them.


sage

[appalachiablue]

43. I've had a feeling there would be a T4- Eugenics revival coming soon

[Celerity]

44. Prince Philip - 'In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to

contribute something to solving overpopulation.'

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jun/21/quotes-by-prince-philip


Ironically he is still alive at 98, so this coronavirus cannot be him.


Prince Philip health fears: Duke suffers cruel attack as sickening claim goes worldwide

PRINCE PHILIP was the victim of a "crazy" rumour that trended worldwide last week, a royal commentator has said.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1259744/Prince-Philip-health-latest-update-Duke-of-Edinburgh-royal-family-news

[jb5150]

45. A boss I had a few years ago ..

told me that he thought social security was nothing but welfare for old people.

[tavernier]

50. I know several people who have it and they are all under 50

and not poor, disabled or infirm. Thankfully they have so far survived, but it was no “pleasure cruise” to quote Freddie.

[mucifer]

51. Of course they are also cool with killing the medical professionals. The virus kills us

at a higher rate, too

[kentuck]

52. "Useless eaters"?

I think the Nazis called them?

[Grasswire2]

53. Translation:

Translation: "No, you really do need a shower. You look dirty. Come along now. Leave your clothes and belongings in this pile. Men in one line, others over here. Got any gold teeth? Let go of your sister's hand now. Come along. There's soap, and warm water ahead! Your turn! Now!"

[RhodeIslandOne]

57. They have always wanted this

Since the days of Reagan.

[HAB911]

61. They don't need the ovens and Zyklon this time. Nature's little bug will do the work.

so well stated