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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, but it could also fix some things regarding racism, sexism, ableism, trans issues, immigration, geographic disadvantages etc. Maybe climate change?

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Optimistic of you to think people wouldn't use it as an excuse to be even MORE discriminatory. There would be Ultra-Whites who could claim they were never non-white in the past X years, with seniority by how far back they can trace their reincarnated whiteness. And of course there would be new religions claiming that if you follow them you'll be reincarnated into the race/environment of your choice.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Suicide would be an epidemic.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Pretty sure that would result in negative karma, and thus the new reincarnated form would be even less desirable.

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

    There was no indication that karma or any such system was included, you included that into the scenario and it is therefore invalid.

    There would be people racing to get to the simplest organism incapable of sentience if there were a karmic system.

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

    That's what the basis of reincarnation is about though.... karma. You do good deeds, your karma level goes up, you get a better reincarnated life in the future. Likewise, the opposite is true as well.

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

    Karma is an aspect of the Hindu and Buddhist reincarnation beliefs. They do not have sole ownership of the concept of reincarnation.

    If they had said "What if Hinduism is right and reincarnation is real?" then that would be a different scenario. They only put forth that the concept of reincarnation was real.

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