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6. The Madness of Crowds: Louise Penny

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2023, 02:39 PM

Feb 2023

After the pandemic, the deluge.

Instead of letting oldsters die alone in nursing homes, why not help them along first. Plus keeping them alive is too expensive. Ditto for unfit Downs children. Etc.

How grieving citizenry are manipulated and exploited into believing and taking action.

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A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan. [View all] Nevilledog Feb 2023 OP

Start with himself? LiberalFighter Feb 2023 #1

Exactly... One less proponent for mass genocide. hlthe2b Feb 2023 #2

People have no problem with telling other people to die. Oneironaut Feb 2023 #13

+1 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2023 #16

+2 Demovictory9 Feb 2023 #19

He's got to be doing a Jonathon Swift thing here. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2023 #3

Thought The Same ProfessorGAC Feb 2023 #5

Euthanasia, I can't believe this in the 21st c. Go for it professor! appalachiablue Feb 2023 #4

The Madness of Crowds: Louise Penny cbabe Feb 2023 #6

Soylent Green no_hypocrisy Feb 2023 #7

I don't know if we'll live to see it ... Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #11

Sounds like a Republican plan for replacing Social Security Silent3 Feb 2023 #8

If there is no SS or Medicare, older people will die, yes. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #10

+1 pandr32 Feb 2023 #12

Wasn't there a Star Trek episode along these lines? Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #9

ST:TNG Half a Life edbermac Feb 2023 #20

Yes that is the one. Troi falls in love with him. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #21

Texas is way ahead of this dude musette_sf Feb 2023 #14

After seeing the politicians turned out by Yale, Mr.Bill Feb 2023 #15

😹 Meowmee Feb 2023 #22

I think he is doing A Jonathon Swift obamanut2012 Feb 2023 #17

Hope Zeke Emmanuel doesn't hear about this... yorkster Feb 2023 #18

This guy should watch Logan's Run, next thing your know people that are 30 are considered too old Uncle Joe Feb 2023 #23

How is he a professor at Yale Meowmee Feb 2023 #24