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Source: Equalizer – War and Peas – Webcomic
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Death should be the equalizer, but then there's generational wealth. If people are born into wealth inequality, if wealth inequality can grow from one generation to the next, the system is broken.
the system is broken
no, it's working exactly as it was designed to.
The solution is to heavily tax inheritance as studied by Thomas Piketty but this stricks such an intimate and instinctive chord (providing for your children) for most people that they are completely enable to think about it.
The solution is to heavily tax inheritance
No, the solution is to abolish the system that enables and encourages such disparity and wealth hoarding in the first place, not put a band aid on the cancer that is capitalism.
I think most states have some form of inheritance or estate tax, so the foundation is already there. Picketty would argue for a much larger estate tax, I’m sure, but this is, as you allude to, politically untenable. However Texas has an excellent alternative: land value tax. So much wealth is tied up in property. This tax not only targets the wealthy, but disincentivises land banking and property as a primary investment mode. This keeps property prices and rents lower, which is a huge win for the poor in modern Western nations. It’s not a panacea, but I think it’s a viable and proven alternative.
In biology every being favorise their offspring over the other. Generational wealth is the reason of wealth.
Couldn't death just like... Sabotage the cryo chambers so those who are on the list die? 🤔
Cryo chambers work by killing you and freezing your corpse to preserve it, the hope is some day they'll be able to un-kill you.
The tech term the artist really wanted is "stasis pod" but it's less catchy so needs must.
Yep, just a fancy funeral. I wonder how much energy this nonesense consumes/how hard does it contribute to global warming.
Death is equal. Hibernate a dead body didn't change much of it. Also i would be quite worried of any future civilization (or intelligent being) able to resuscitate centuries old bodies.
Yeah there’s the big question here of “even if they could would they?”
There is a book that I’m reading just about this topic. In the book the person wakes up to find that they have no rights as they are essentially a machine. It’s called we are legion. Would highly recommend it.
As a transhumanist, I'm opposed to the existence of death. Frankly, I find deathiest themes to be immoral.