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Re:Mass Extinction and the Structure of the Milky Way (2013) by milquetoastaf on Monday May 08, 2017 @10:29AM (#14291736)
>I don't think they'll forbid people to die. It will simply become optional.

You can't even euthanize yourself in most states. If you want to die, people consider you 'insane' and you get locked up at the govt's (and your) expense.

Life extension / artificial age reduction will purely be a benefit for the rich - the poor will just get injections so they live longer and work harder for their ageless overlords. It's not gonna be good.

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Re:Mass Extinction and the Structure of the Milky Way (2013) by hfsktr on Monday May 08, 2017 @10:51AM (#14291968)
You sort of described the plot of the movie In Time.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/

Just because you can't age doesn't mean you can't die. I think if people started living forever there would be a lot of rebellion from the people who are not given that access. Assuming at that point they can't just use brute force to protect themselves from the masses.

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