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Why is Canada euthanising the poor?

According to the most read article in Spectator Magazine 2022, since last year, Canadian law, in all its majesty, has allowed both the rich as well as the poor to kill themselves if they are too poor to continue living with dignity. In fact, the ever-generous Canadian state will even pay for their deaths. What it will not do is spend money to allow them to live instead of killing themselves.
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The law certainly lacks safeguards and no one should ever feel forced to kill themselves but on the other hand assisted suicide is a great thing. People should be able to decide when they want to die and receive support in the process.
Capitalism seems to be the problem here.
Mathers · 61-69
But the government is left wing. You blame everything on ‘capitalism’ ?@PrincessOfHell
@Mathers Not everything but when prices for daily goods, food, medicine... rise due to unnecessary competition and people wanting to earn even more money poverty spreads. I'm neither left nor right and not very political in general but it seems to me like a systemic issue.
I'm primarily defending assisted suicide since I believe it's important.
Mathers · 61-69
I’ve lived under socialist governments and prices rise just as fast. Do ‘t you think we should care for the poor rather than killing them?@PrincessOfHell
@Mathers What socialist government? As far as I know those few that exist are fucked up like China or Venezuela.
Of course social policies are important.
Mathers · 61-69
The Labour government under Wilson. Disaster @PrincessOfHell
@Mathers So a Social Democratic government. They can either do great or not.
Mathers · 61-69
Talking of a socialists one @PrincessOfHell
@Mathers Socialism is dictatorship of the proletariat so no democracy.
@PrincessOfHell The funny thing is, in the U.S. it’s the right wingers who don’t want their taxes used to help those who are struggling financially, and yet they would also never allow assisted suicide as an option. They prohibit that as a personal choice even for those who are already terminally ill and would be using it to avoid a painful, lingering death.
Mathers · 61-69
But it is the government who are pushing assisted suicide on to people @bijouxbroussard
@Mathers That’s strange. Here it’s a right that some people want. It was voted into my state after several terminally ill patients had to move to Oregon, where it’s legal for those who are physically ill and aren’t going to recover. I actually agree with you in that I’m very uncomfortable with the idea of using physician-assisted suicide where public assistance could help someone get back on their feet.
@bijouxbroussard From what I hear and read US right wing christian conservatives are insane hypocrites. When they talk about freedom they only mean freedom for white wealthy christians and only according to their belief and worldview.
@Mathers I'm not sure that narrative is accurate. Aiding poor people who are in pain to end their life financially does not equal euthanising the poor. I'll read into it more.
Mathers · 61-69
From what you hear from left wing biased journalists pushing a Marxist agenda?@PrincessOfHell
@Mathers No, not here. The right-wingers pushing a fascist agenda are very open about not wanting their taxes to go towards helping desperate people. The left agrees with you ! 😳
Mathers · 61-69
Oh dear! What reasoning! It is a liberal left government that is pushing this agenda. Please wake up, @bijouxbroussard
@Mathers You’re the one sound asleep. You don’t even realise who your allies are, which is especially sad ! 🙄
@Mathers Oh you are one of those people seeing marxism everywhere. 🙄 Depending on your news source it's either more left or right leaning since pure objectity is impossible in such cases. One always views things through an ideology when it comes to politics.
Mathers · 61-69
Of course I’m not. You were the one blaming capitalism for everything @PrincessOfHell
@Mathers I am not i wrote that Capitalism and now to be more specific the systemic issues within the system created the problem you were talking about in your post.
I am not completly against Capitalism.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@PrincessOfHell The facts are not in your favor. The Canadian government is socialist and it has this weird fetish about killing people whether by vax or by food shortage or lack of heating or euthanasia. The Canadian government has become a death cult.
@hippyjoe1955 Sure thing old man. Keep living your delusion but I guess better to live under a death cult than in a nation under God.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@PrincessOfHell I live in Canada. I had an uncle that took the MAID way out. You on the other hand are part of a death cult so you cheer on anyone who chooses death over life.