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Still can't believe that medical/state-assisted suicide is an actual thing over there, what is going on in Maple Leaf Land?
It was originally made for people who were fatally sick, there were laws that let them die, but the problem was that they effectively had no teeth because anyone could come up with any reason (usually going against the patient's wishes) not to go through with it. The government threw their hands up and said "fuck it, if you want to die, you can die" which has naturally lead to people offing themselves to get out of debt.
Their solution to this problem is to push for mental health resources and build more rental properties; obviously it hasn't been doing jack shit because they're liberal bandaid """solutions""" that aren't even in the right direction of the fundamental societal rot at the core of it all.
In my view, there's nothing wrong with idea of people having the option to end their life with dignity. For example, if you have terminal cancer and you're suffering then you may not wish to prolong the suffering. The issue in the context of Canada is that this is a coercive measure due to lack of social support systems. This was a famous case of a person who did not wish to die, but thought it would be preferable to becoming homeless. And I think this whole case is great example of just how deeply immoral capitalism is.
My grandfather took the option a while back when nit was pretty new and the eugenics angle hadn't become entangled. He was dying of COPD and chose to cut things off on his own terms surrounded by family instead of letting himself degrade for maybe years and putting my grandmother through all that. That was the situation this was advertised as when it was under debate for legislation and then a couple years later, really a very short period of time all of this awful shit that was not at all part of the deal suddenly came with it.
Exactly, there are absolutely legitimate cases like that, but thanks to capitalism the whole thing has become a vehicle for low key eugenics.
What is odd is just how fast that rug got pulled out. I'm friends with a few people in medical jobs and they all encouraged to sign petitions to make right to die legal and all thatand the terms NEVER EVER had anything close to cases outside the already terminal. I think there was an assumption of medical ethics.
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lol yeah