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Originally Posted by jayswin
I'm always curious with these types of wishes for humanity. Are you okay with this if it ended up being you, your family or people you know, or is it contingent on it being "others" because you still want to be part of this beautiful miracle that we enjoy? And how do you feel morally if you're only okay with it being others but don't want it if it's you and those you know?
Not trying to go deep or anything as this is just a fun thought exersize, it just always jumps out at me that these types of proclamations whether intended or not always have an undertone of it being "them". Unfortunately others/they will have to be sacrificed. Even in your post your feeling is that "we" march on in a better manner. "so by the time we're back to planet affecting numbers hopefully we're smarter about it".
You still feely the same if "we" is minus you and your loved ones? Like you'd want that for the better of a species that you're no longer a part of?
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Everyone thinks they're the protagonists, and the people they don't know are just expendable NPCs. I've never understood people with the "I'm ok if a meteor hit the Earth and wiped out 95% of our population" in the name of climate change. So you're ok to see your kids, family, friends, and everyone you know die horrible deaths to prove some sort of point?