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Disability benefits to be cut "ruthlessly" as keeping disabled people alive is a "waste" of money, says UK government. (www.msn.com)
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"Even more stringent benefit cuts are on the cards." "Ministers are planning billions in cuts to disability benefits." "the House of Lords economic affairs committee said this might not be enough."

FFS just legalise euthanasia already. I'd rather get a quick injection than starve to death out on the streets. Even the Nazis were kinder to the disabled, gassing them to death quickly.

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[–] 56 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Even if you were to accept fascist "useless eaters" rhetoric as true, taking care of people who can't provide for themselves is kind of the point of society. If we can't do that, then what's the point? Might as well burn it all down and return to monkey.

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  • [–] 59 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Some anthropologists say the first sign of civilization is a healed femur. Someone who breaks their femur needs assistance throughout the healing process and likely afterwards as it impedes their ability to care for themselves, gather food/water, etc. So an individual that shows signs of having broken their femur and lived long enough for it to heal must have had some sort of support/care network of friends/family.

    I guess what I'm saying is that neolithic hunter-gatherers had a better sense of community and mutual care than the modern healthcare system

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    society is good because it's a structure you can exploit and steal wealth from, but society is bad because it's a structure that requires at least a minimum of maintenance. and we all know how neoliberalism deals with maintenance.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My favorite video just kinda displays how far from our own humanity we're straying when tossing people to the proverbial wolves.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    porky-happy: “We must get rid of the useless eaters! They’re taking our money!”

    doomjak: “Please sir, just one job? Are you hiring?”

    porky-happy: “Sorry kiddo, all set here! I just don’t need any more workers. Sorry! All the work’s been done.”

    Then they’re not ‘eaters’ are they? No one is being stolen from. Is a spare tire in a car ‘dead weight’?

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