[47379] in Cypherpunks
Re: A Modest Proposal: Fattening up the Proles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Barber)
Wed Jan 17 09:05:46 1996
From: Jeff Barber <jeffb@sware.com>
To: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 09:33:55 -0500 (EST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <ad21ecac030210049202@[205.199.118.202]> from "Timothy C. May" at Jan 17, 96 01:38:51 am
Timothy C. May writes:
At 2:57 AM 1/17/96, tallpaul wrote (quoting):
> >"To understand the probable outcome of the Libertarian vision, see any
> >cyberpunk B movie wherein thousands of diseased, desparate and starving
> >families sit around on ratty old couches on the streets watching television
> >while rich megalomaniacs appropriate their body parts for their personal
> >physical immortality."
> The absurdity of this point is obvious to anyone with a brain. Why would we
> want the donors to be "diseased" and "starving"? It is imperative that
> donors be healthy and non-anorexic (we used to use the phrase "fattened
> up," but this is no longer au courant).
>
> To keep the proles reasonably healthy, the plutocrats are encouraging the
> current wave of exercise videos, ThighMasters, Buns of Steel, etc. And lots
> of beer, as the Kobe beef quakers have shown.
Plus, we'll be feeding them tasty and nutritious Soylent Green(tm)...
-- Jeff
