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by giantg2 1799 days ago
"Do you want to die?"

Someday, yes.

"Life is already inequitable as it is."

Which is why my statement was commenting on the equitable nature of lifespan in the fictional system.

"At the very least, everyone should be able to live as long as they like."

How do you propose to achieve this? Specifically, how would resource availability/consumption and indignant support systems be able to support it?

"There's also no absolute law of politics that dictators rule forever or indefinitely if they also happen to be immortal."

Nobody suggested what you are saying.

"No, the problem is ecological disaster."

For which increasing population would greatly contribute. Population is a major driver of consumption and there's no evidence that we can even support our current population sustainably. Your comment about scaling seems to be implicity acknowledge this.