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[-] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 hours ago
[-] marcie@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

i like to think of boomers as guinea pigs. they will likely die and not get much benefit from all of this new tech. rich millenials / gen x will be the undying boomers. hope youre ready for 1000 years of being cucked by zuck

[-] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

I like to think that we won't all be dead by 2040 due to accelerating unstable climate catastrophes and crop failure but I think it's wishful thinking

[-] marcie@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 minutes ago

Hey the rich people will be fine, they'll just move to the places with the least bad climate like some random valley in Norway or something

[-] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml 1 points 12 minutes ago

It's not like they're utterly dependent on every part of the global economic supply chain functioning lol

[-] Muffi@programming.dev 8 points 3 hours ago

Maybe they will finally live long enough to actually suffer the consequences of their actions?

[-] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago

LOL. I like your spirit

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 19 points 8 hours ago

Oh good. I'm sure it'll be super affordable too.

[-] Miller@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago

Cost won't probably be a true limiting factor but will just be used to rationalise restricted distribution.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago

immortality for me but not for thee

[-] XiJinpingStanAccount@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Idk. They might be forced to give it to everyone if its truly cheap to do because China will certainly do so, and it would put the US at a massive disavantage of most of their population was aging while China's wasn't and could lead to serious unrest. Healthcare is an issue now, but imagine when the average person in China is immortal. Americans would be so jealous.

[-] Miller@lemmy.world -1 points 28 minutes ago

I do not think it is certain China would apply it universally, a totalitarian government views its population as an enemy to be controlled. The most likely scenario is that until machines can take over production the general population would be encouraged to reproduce but no longevity treatment given, with it being forbidden to discuss the fact that the ruling elite does not age. The reason the treatment would be denied in the East and the West is that significantly increased lifespan inevitably increases experience which itself increases the likelihood of revolt against subjugation. All governments are in the business of management and not the business of improving the lot of their population, talk of improvement is just one of its methods of control. The only improvement that is permitted is technological advancements in production and surveillance.

[-] XiJinpingStanAccount@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 minutes ago

You are living in a fantasy world. Don't talk to me.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 19 minutes ago* (last edited 19 minutes ago)

I'll never cease to be amazed how easy it is to convince a western chauvinist of any absurdity.

this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2026
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