re: Would u press a button that killed every1 w/ cancer/AIDS if it eliminated both?

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People giving you a hard time are surely shortsighted.

You are potentially saving BILLIONS of people in the future with the expense of killing many millions now.

It's a legit question. Although for the sake of overpopulation, I don't think I do it. I think cancer and AIDS do their part in nature. It's fricked up, but nature is fricked up.

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Well, you're not thinking it through. What if the cure for cancer is 40 years away? What if the HIV vaccine is 10 years away? What would be the ramifications of tens (if not hundreds) of millions dropping dead simultaneously. What would that do for our culture as a whole? What if in saving these people resources become more scarce sparking a dystopia in the long run? It's not a legit question for anyone who can think the ramifications through.