Darkover
Angelic
- Jul 29, 2021
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We are born without consent into a body with basic needs—food, water, shelter, and companionship—that must be met for survival.
These needs create dependencies, compelling us to participate in societal systems, often at great personal cost, simply to stay alive.
Capitalism and other economic systems require people to work to earn money to meet those basic needs. This can lead to a cycle of labor where many people work not for fulfillment, but to survive.
Those who cannot or choose not to participate in these systems often face poverty, homelessness, or social ostracism, leaving little room for genuine freedom.
People are encouraged to perpetuate the system by having children, ensuring the next generation of participants, who are also born without a say in their existence.
Most societies criminalize or heavily stigmatize suicide. Even where assisted suicide is legal, it's often restricted to people with terminal illnesses or severe disabilities, leaving those who are otherwise healthy but deeply unhappy without options.
True autonomy would mean the ability to choose whether to participate in life or opt out, but this is largely denied through societal, biological, and institutional forces.
They are not born as slaves, but if you look around the world and are honest with yourself, you will see that human beings are in chains everywhere you look.
To prove this just think, the mere fact that you have to work to be able to receive necessities in order to sustain survival or comfort. but I cannot accept living
in a reality or society that essentially coerces us to do so. Especially a society that condemns
suicide even while more humane methods are more readily accessible to grant those who are not willing to partake in such an event.
One they did not ask or couldn't have asked for. Who would willingly choose to live on a earth that requires you to give up most of your day to something you would
never do willingly wouldn't you rather not be apart of a world that forces you into such a dilemma were the only other option
in life is shame, starvation, homelessness?
Being born into a body with inherent needs places us at the mercy of a system that dictates how those needs are met.
Participation in societal systems, particularly economic ones, is not a choice but a survival requirement. This creates a sense of coercion, where the alternative—shame, starvation, homelessness—leaves no true freedom.
Many people spend the majority of their lives working jobs they would not choose if survival were not at stake.
Being brought into existence without consent, only to face an environment where survival requires constant labor and compromise, feels fundamentally unjust.
The societal condemnation of suicide compounds this injustice, denying people the autonomy to opt out of a life they did not choose.
By encouraging procreation and stigmatizing non-participation, society perpetuates its own mechanisms of control.
These needs create dependencies, compelling us to participate in societal systems, often at great personal cost, simply to stay alive.
Capitalism and other economic systems require people to work to earn money to meet those basic needs. This can lead to a cycle of labor where many people work not for fulfillment, but to survive.
Those who cannot or choose not to participate in these systems often face poverty, homelessness, or social ostracism, leaving little room for genuine freedom.
People are encouraged to perpetuate the system by having children, ensuring the next generation of participants, who are also born without a say in their existence.
Most societies criminalize or heavily stigmatize suicide. Even where assisted suicide is legal, it's often restricted to people with terminal illnesses or severe disabilities, leaving those who are otherwise healthy but deeply unhappy without options.
True autonomy would mean the ability to choose whether to participate in life or opt out, but this is largely denied through societal, biological, and institutional forces.
They are not born as slaves, but if you look around the world and are honest with yourself, you will see that human beings are in chains everywhere you look.
To prove this just think, the mere fact that you have to work to be able to receive necessities in order to sustain survival or comfort. but I cannot accept living
in a reality or society that essentially coerces us to do so. Especially a society that condemns
suicide even while more humane methods are more readily accessible to grant those who are not willing to partake in such an event.
One they did not ask or couldn't have asked for. Who would willingly choose to live on a earth that requires you to give up most of your day to something you would
never do willingly wouldn't you rather not be apart of a world that forces you into such a dilemma were the only other option
in life is shame, starvation, homelessness?
Being born into a body with inherent needs places us at the mercy of a system that dictates how those needs are met.
Participation in societal systems, particularly economic ones, is not a choice but a survival requirement. This creates a sense of coercion, where the alternative—shame, starvation, homelessness—leaves no true freedom.
Many people spend the majority of their lives working jobs they would not choose if survival were not at stake.
Being brought into existence without consent, only to face an environment where survival requires constant labor and compromise, feels fundamentally unjust.
The societal condemnation of suicide compounds this injustice, denying people the autonomy to opt out of a life they did not choose.
By encouraging procreation and stigmatizing non-participation, society perpetuates its own mechanisms of control.
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