You're talking about apocalypse and war here...working at a desk in an office building and making money doesn't make you "not a wussy"...
- BashCH

Begging for handouts because you can't make it kinda does make you an entitled wussy. There are a lot of ways to be an entitled wussy that go beyond the physical

Why should the elderly go? I bet Warren Buffet and the (frank)ing Queen think they're pretty useful. Thanos' way was fair
- Takemedrunkimhome

So you'd kill a kid and let a 90 years old live...IMO that's not fair. One has his life ahead of him and the other could die in peace and feel like he's lived what he had to.

Why should the elderly go? I bet Warren Buffet and the (frank)ing Queen think they're pretty useful. Thanos' way was fair
- Takemedrunkimhome

I would also keep a few morons but prevent them from reproducing too much, just as a reminder of humanity's weakness

Begging for handouts because you can't make it kinda does make you an entitled wussy. There are a lot of ways to be an entitled wussy that go beyond the physical
- Takemedrunkimhome

True, but your example works both ways. Regions produce food eaten in big cities. Remove everything that's shipped from regions to cities and people can't live there anymore.

So you'd kill a kid and let a 90 years old live...IMO that's not fair. One has his life ahead of him and the other could die in peace and feel like he's lived what he had to.
- BashCH

That's why Thanos' plan was fair even if it made him an evil villain. You would never get a consensus on who gets to live or not...so you do it blindly in a blanket fashion and let the chips fall where they may

That's why Thanos' plan was fair even if it made him an evil villain. You would never get a consensus on who gets to live or not...so you do it blindly in a blanket fashion and let the chips fall where they may
- Takemedrunkimhome

Thanos sucks, (frank) him. Killing children while letting pedo rapists live.

I would also keep a few morons but prevent them from reproducing too much, just as a reminder of humanity's weakness
- Pat1993

In 1937 Alberta amended its Sexual Sterilization Act to remove the need for informed consent for sterilization subjects who were considered feebleminded. This amendment set Alberta apart from other jurisdictions throughout North America, which had or had added consent provisions.

The vast majority of people sterilized through the Canadian programs had been institutionalized in psychiatric hospitals or homes for people considered feebleminded, mentally deficient, or intellectually disabled. In 1942, however, Alberta changed its law again to move the eugenics program beyond the confines of institutions. As a result more children were identified in the community, at schools, and through public health visits. Canadian provinces and territories other than British Columbia and Alberta did not enact specific eugenics laws; however, several of them participated in eugenics. Nova Scotia, for example, did not legally sterilize people, but institutionalized women of child-bearing age who were considered unfit for motherhood, often on account of having given birth to illegitimate children. Quebec encouraged reproduction among its residents to bolster its population, and therefore its political power, as a form of positive eugenics. It did so by establishing baby bonuses and financial incentives for large families. Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan all drafted sterilization laws, which were defeated in the 1930s as a growing wave of resistance formed

True, but your example works both ways. Regions produce food eaten in big cities. Remove everything that's shipped from regions to cities and people can't live there anymore.
- BashCH

Let farmers compete in the market without subsidies and see what happens. Factory farms in the US will win and Canadian farmers will put up more crappy homemade billboards on plywood saying "Make Trudeau a Drama Teacher Again". Take away the subsidies, go full global free trade and the rural people fail for the most part

Why should the elderly go? I bet Warren Buffet and the (frank)ing Queen think they're pretty useful. Thanos' way was fair
- Takemedrunkimhome

The Queen isn't, really.

I would also keep a few morons but prevent them from reproducing too much, just as a reminder of humanity's weakness
- Pat1993

So you're advocating for a violation of human rights

In 1937 Alberta amended its Sexual Sterilization Act to remove the need for informed consent for sterilization subjects who were considered feebleminded. This amendment set Alberta apart from other jurisdictions throughout North America, which had or had added consent provisions.

The vast majority of people sterilized through the Canadian programs had been institutionalized in psychiatric hospitals or homes for people considered feebleminded, mentally deficient, or intellectually disabled. In 1942, however, Alberta changed its law again to move the eugenics program beyond the confines of institutions. As a result more children were identified in the community, at schools, and through public health visits. Canadian provinces and territories other than British Columbia and Alberta did not enact specific eugenics laws; however, several of them participated in eugenics. Nova Scotia, for example, did not legally sterilize people, but institutionalized women of child-bearing age who were considered unfit for motherhood, often on account of having given birth to illegitimate children. Quebec encouraged reproduction among its residents to bolster its population, and therefore its political power, as a form of positive eugenics. It did so by establishing baby bonuses and financial incentives for large families. Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan all drafted sterilization laws, which were defeated in the 1930s as a growing wave of resistance formed
- M. Arachide

thank god Pete survived the program

The Queen isn't, really.
- mr.peanut

The majority of Brits in my experience would greatly disagree. Boris on the other hand...

Let farmers compete in the market without subsidies and see what happens. Factory farms in the US will win and Canadian farmers will put up more crappy homemade billboards on plywood saying "Make Trudeau a Drama Teacher Again". Take away the subsidies, go full global free trade and the rural people fail for the most part
- Takemedrunkimhome

You need incentive to support local businesses or you're doomed to fail. You're just 1 pandemic away from starving your whole population.

There's also a middleground between "Make it rain" Trudeau and libertarianism...

The Queen isn't, really.
- mr.peanut

That's what I thought as well...

You need incentive to support local businesses or you're doomed to fail. You're just 1 pandemic away from starving your whole population.
- BashCH

Then sell it at a price the farmer can make a living off of rather than subsidizing it. The second it is subsidized it becomes an entitlement - that's all.

So you're advocating for a violation of human rights
- mr.peanut

we're talking about a Thanos scenario here, so you need to take everything with a grain of salt lol


but the morons would still be well treated

The majority of Brits in my experience would greatly disagree. Boris on the other hand...
- Takemedrunkimhome

Because the Royal Family creates revenue. But they also cost a whole lot to protect etc... Just for maintaining a key aspect of the brits history. They can be both useless and culturally important.

Then sell it at a price the farmer can make a living off of rather than subsidizing it. The second it is subsidized it becomes an entitlement - that's all.
- Takemedrunkimhome

If you do that, some people won't be able to afford the food...doesn't really work. I'm not against that kind of government intervention.

we're talking about a Thanos scenario here, so you need to take everything with a grain of salt lol


but the morons would still be well treated
- Pat1993

So in a nerd comic book scenario.

Because the Royal Family creates revenue. But they also cost a whole lot to protect etc... Just for maintaining a key aspect of the brits history. They can be both useless and culturally important.
- mr.peanut

kinda like the governor-general of Canada..?

we're talking about a Thanos scenario here, so you need to take everything with a grain of salt lol


but the morons would still be well treated
- Pat1993

To be fair, at first I thought we were talking about "people are pussies, not ready for war"...I got a little confused.

So in a nerd comic book scenario.
- mr.peanut

this is basically what we're talking about here, no?

kinda like the governor-general of Canada..?
- Pat1993

Some students were LIVID when they found out what the GG makes

Because the Royal Family creates revenue. But they also cost a whole lot to protect etc... Just for maintaining a key aspect of the brits history. They can be both useless and culturally important.
- mr.peanut

I'd agree. Frankly I'd argue that most things that are considered culturally important are also pretty useless.

To be fair, at first I thought we were talking about "people are pussies, not ready for war"...I got a little confused.
- BashCH

oh I brought in the morons in the convo but don't mind me, not sure either lololol