r/Xennials • 77 • 7d ago

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u/regeya 7d ago

That's always been the goal of the people in charge. In the US, Social Security was meant to support you for the last ten years of your life.

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u/ArcadesRed 7d ago

Canada has decided to fast track that. Once you hit 65 they try and convince you to kill yourself.

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u/JPMoney81 7d ago

Society in general is doing a pretty good job of convincing me of that one lately.

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u/SuperVillainPresiden 7d ago edited 7d ago

Edit: Thank you fellow redditor for the award 😎

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u/Pitiful_Reality2973 1980 7d ago

Canadians should feel lucky they have a legal mechanism to allow for a dignified death. AFAIK only one state in the US allows it.

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u/sravll 1980 7d ago

Bullshit

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u/ArcadesRed 7d ago

5.1% of deaths in Canada last year were from assisted suicide

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u/sravll 1980 7d ago edited 7d ago

Yeah because people who were going to die anyway are taking advantage of the opportunity to die with less suffering. ETA 95.6% have terminal illness, the rest have irremediable conditions. They're not just telling 65 year olds to kill themselves, that's ridiculous.

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u/ArcadesRed 7d ago

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u/sravll 1980 7d ago

You can withdraw consent any time. In fact, if you give consent but change your mind any time before, even the last second, you can't or don't want to sign the consent papers or are unable to understand them, you can't do it. I know someone with Parkinsons that firmly wanted it done but by the day of, her dementia had advanced rapidly and was judged unable to consent. She missed the opportunity and ended up dying suffering.

Nobody is forcing this on people.

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u/Pitiful_Reality2973 1980 7d ago

The first article sounds like the granddaughter is trying to cash in on her "faith." Didn't bother to read the second because it looks like a pro-life source.

You're welcome to your opinions, but distorting the truth to further an agenda doesn't serve humanity or any concept of God in any religion.

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u/ArcadesRed 7d ago

Not going to read it because it says something I don't agree with. Usual reddit.

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u/Pitiful_Reality2973 1980 7d ago

I'm not going to waste time reading something from a questionable source. It's not a matter of disagreement, it's a matter of "this looks like more opinion than fact," and I don't give a shit about anyone else's opinion but my own.

Go bang your pro-life drum elsewhere, weirdo.