Should we start letting people die?

[Dodece]

I think yes we probably ought to let people die, and we probably should start encouraging self termination. We as a society globally speaking need to undergo a serious culture shift when it comes to the subject of dieing. Being afraid of death is no kind of justification for engaging in what amounts to anti social behavior. People at the end of their lives are entitled to a retirement, but not an unreasonable one.

When any segment is depleting the public coffers to such an extent as to seriously deprive other segments, or as a matter of coarse is placing a severe burden on other segments. It is fundamentally a unfair act on their part. The act of maintaining a poor quality of life. At the expense of creating a host more good ones. Is simply a perverse act. If an obscene amount of money is being spent to extend the life of a person by just a couple years. The real consequence is that younger generations will end up having their life spans decreased.

If a senior citizen on public assistance ends up costing the state fifty thousand dollars a year. That money would have the following benefit if it was otherwise spent. That money could feed, cloth, educate, and provide medical care for twenty five young children. Most of the world is fast approaching a point where that is going to be the choice at hand, and either we will continue as we have to our ultimate ruin, or we are going to have to go through a culture shift.

Where we stop looking at death as something to be delayed at all costs. To something we just have to accept as a part of how we plan out our lives. I think younger generations are going to learn something from their elders. They are going to learn that life needs to end with some very real dignity. I certainly don't intend to drag shit out as I get near the end of my life. When it becomes clear that I stand to become a real burden on others. I fully intend to do the right thing. To me it is morally wrong to force others to suffer for my own selfish purposes.

It isn't just the suffering of society as a whole for that matter either. When the severely aged cling to life no matter what. They drag their family and friends along for the ride. People who whether they are asked to do it or not. Will start making serious sacrifices to tend to the needs of those they care about. No matter how fruitless that effort is ultimately. I really don't understand why some people do this to their families. I think we need to get rid of this whole taboo about suicide. It most certainly isn't wrong if it is being done for the right reasons.