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Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by hypeatei on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:33PM (#44130108)
I'll ask this in response: why does society need to exist at all?

Obviously ideas like yours are ingrained into us at a biological level and it logically makes sense if we want to survive as a species... but there is no inherent reason other than "just because" right?

Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by IshKebab on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:50PM (#44130279)
Well yeah, because of our ingrained sense of morality & self-preservation. But we're talking about the policies of society so it's kind of pointless discussing them if you don't accept that society should exist in the first place.

Also... it's not society, it's the human species.

Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by dlisboa on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:37PM (#44130140)
That's indeed a philosophical question. Should we even exist at all?

It's a strange thing of nature and evolution that it creates a species that can plan and execute its own intentional suicide.

Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by account42 on Monday June 02, 2025 @07:48AM (#44157834)
It's fairly irrelevant to the discussion. All societies that choose not to exist also choose for all their policies about (not) reinforcing children to not exist.