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CMV Any society that doesn’t offer sufficient social safety net that people with even the most severe disabilities can still afford a decent life should at least offer free assisted suicide.

If you’re sufficiently disabled or ill (physically or mentally) that you can’t contribute enough to some hypothetical society to earn a living wage and there isn’t sufficient social welfare to support you, you shouldn’t have to die of poverty. Whether it’s exposure, starvation, illness, or something else entirely, it’s likely going to be a slow, painful, and miserable death. I think we should afford those people, at the very least, a mercy killing. (Yes, just those people. I’m not opposed to a broader program but that’s outside the scope of this question)

To be very clear, in this hypothetical, a lack of income is a certain death sentence unless someone else is supporting you. These people are all either going to die a slow and miserable death, usually within weeks, or they can be offered a more painless option.

Some people would argue that you’re not entitled to anyone else’s labor and thus should be left to fend for yourself and, of course, die. Others would argue we can’t afford it. Others that it’s not worth it to help those people if it means some can take advantage of the system. Whatever the reason, some societies are like this. I’m not here to talk about why society is like this, just about societies that are.

> But killing is wrong

Is leaving someone to die painfully any better?

> But that’s also expensive

Inert has asphyxiation is cheap and painless.

> But they could still get better

For many, that’s wildly improbable. For the rest, yes, they might get better if they could afford to live long enough, but they can’t.

> But suicide is easy. The government doesn’t have to do it for you.

It’s not easy and it’s often painful. I’m suggesting offering a painless and easy way out of an otherwise certainly painful and slow death.

Edit: To clarify, I’m not supporting this society’s decision to not have a social safety net. I’m just saying that, assuming that is the case, they should offer a peaceful death to those who would otherwise suffer a slow and painful one. 

Seriously, stop saying they should just build a social safety net. I know! I agree! But that’s not the hypothetical!

**STOP TELLING ME IM EVIL FOR NOT BUILDING A SOCIAL SAFETY NET! IT IS A HYPOTHETICAL! IVE ALREADY EXPLICITLY SAID IM NOT SUPPORTING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS DYSTOPIAN NIGHTMARE!**
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I guess that if this became a thing, then over time it would become a social norm for disabled people to commit suicide. A disabled person advocating for further rights and support would be looked down on, tsked, and privately people would say “why don’t they just off themselves? It would be better for everyone.” 

They deserve better than for that to become a social norm. Making that an option could soon make it an unsaid expectation. The expectation we should all have is that we provide a good quality of life for everyone.