[ExI] Politics of Radical Life Extension / Indefinite Lifespans

[John Clark]

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 12:19 AM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:


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> * > I can see the possibility of a law forbidding all future
> pensions-for-life, and adjusting any current ones to some (ultimately
> arbitrary) cap, after which there will be a bunch of people who had planned
> on further pension income who suddenly have no further income source.*


Anything could happen given Washington's current irrationality and contempt
even for the very idea of objective facts. But if the above does occur its
cause will have nothing to do with advances in science or technology, it
will happen because some chant screaming cult like politician has managed
to convince 23% of the American voters that everything he says is true and
the above would be good for them (although it calls itself a republic it is
possible for you to win a election and become president of the USA even if
your opponent gets 77% of the popular vote and you only get 23%).

John K Clark
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