The Total State Will Kill You for Being Old ｜ 12⧸9⧸24
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Summary
The United Kingdom's daily efforts to censor speech and undermine its farmers have left the once great nation resembling a communist regime. Yet its leaders remain determined to continue their march towards dystopia, now by targeting elderly citizens with state-sponsored euthanasia.
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The United Kingdom's daily efforts to censor speech and undermine its farmers
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have left the once great nation resembling a communist regime.
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Yet its leaders remain determined to continue their march towards dystopia,
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now by targeting elderly citizens with state-sponsored euthanasia.
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The push for legalized euthanasia has reached British shores,
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accompanied by grim subway advertisements and endorsements in The Economist.
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Canada's monstrous euthanasia program should serve as a warning for other Western nations.
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Instead, the UK seems intent on driving headfirst into this moral abyss.
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The growing embrace of industrial-scale medical suicide is no coincidence.
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It reflects the natural trajectory of the modern totalitarian state.
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Every elite class requires a political formula,
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For the managerial elite, that formula is expertise and efficiency.
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In a complex world dominated by massive bureaucracies,
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these sprawling systems demand the technical knowledge and managerial skill of those at the top.
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and the managerial elite depend on predictable outcomes to deliver the promised efficiency and material abundance.
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This obsession with control fosters a need for social engineering,
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malleable and obedient to the designs of the ruling class.
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In the modern total state, control extends to every aspect of life, including death.
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The push for euthanasia reflects the ultimate expression of this ideology,
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a system that dictates not just how people live, but when and how they die.
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In 2009, the debate over the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as it became popularly known,
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Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin famously warned that government-controlled health care
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would inevitably lead to death panels that would decide whether patients could continue to receive treatment.
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The media, of course, mocked Palin and labeled her ignorant
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and accused her of spreading misinformation about Obamacare.
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The link between dependency and sovereignty is undeniable.
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When the state assumes responsibility for an individual's care from birth,
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it will inevitably influence decisions about when the individual's life should end.
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In 2016, Canada introduced the Medical Assistance in Dying Program, or MAID.
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Like other state-sponsored euthanasia initiatives,
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MAID was initially marketed as a compassionate option for terminally ill patients to end their suffering.
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The messaging focused on dignity and self-determination and the idea that the program would be a rare solution for extreme cases.
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By 2022, however, MAID accounted for more than 13,000 deaths annually,
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Far from serving only the elderly or those in chronic pain,
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MAID has facilitated the deaths of poor people who are unable to afford rent,
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Canada's euthanasia program shifted from offering a dignified end for the terminally ill
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to ending the lives of young people grappling with anxiety over the cost of living.
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The managerial revolution that began in the 1930s and 40s
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led Western governments to build modern welfare states.
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These welfare programs like Social Security in the United States
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or the National Health Care Service in the United Kingdom
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who claimed that they could predict human behavior,
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Policymakers structured their welfare systems basically like Ponzi schemes,
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assuming continuous generational growth would sustain them.
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A sharp decline in birth rates created a crisis for social planners.
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And in response, many governments embraced replacement-level immigration,
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both legal and illegal, to offset demographic decline.
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When immigration failed to stabilize their systems,
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managerial states turned to euthanasia to ease demographic pressures.
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What began as a welfare state's reliance on predictable human behavior
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has now devolved into using death as a solution to economic and demographic challenges.
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As a man who lost his first wife after a painful battle with cancer,
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I understand on a deep level why the arguments for euthanasia can seem compelling.
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Watching a loved one suffering in a situation that will never improve is heart-rending.
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But mass industrialized euthanasia is a terrible solution to a very difficult problem.
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The state isn't killing you to spare your dignity.
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those who no longer wish to live are rarely deprived of the means to end their lives,
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except in the case of total medical incapacitation.
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Modern technology can extend life far beyond its natural duration,
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and patients should have the right to refuse such interventions if they choose.
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However, transforming suicide into a large-scale, state-run procedure
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is a dangerous step with predictable and troubling consequences.
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When the extermination of human life becomes just another bureaucratic task,
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the value of life inevitably diminishes to a mere statistic.
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naturally seek to expand their missions and jurisdictions.
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Managers within these systems are incentivized to increase their power
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Programs designed to address specific problems often evolve into blunt instruments,
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This tendency is a troubling feature of all bureaucracies,
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but it becomes particularly alarming when the mission involves ending human life on a large scale.
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As it becomes increasingly clear that mass immigration will fail to resolve
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the economic challenges facing Western nations,
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calls for state-sponsored euthanasia will grow louder.
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Advocates will present industrial suicide cloaked in the language of compassion,
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but these programs are destined to morph into the death panels that Palin warned about.
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The same heartless bureaucrats who outsource jobs and open borders for economic gain
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aren't championing euthanasia out of genuine concern for dignity.
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A ruling elite that truly cared about its nation would address the spiritual and material issues
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preventing family formation, community building, and the broader factors that make life meaningful.
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Instead, we're governed by an elite that is seemingly intent on overseeing the suicide of the West.
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