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That way madness lies. Growing children in a vat, to be bought and sold. That's what you're talking about. As a kid or young adult I never fully understood the
by remarkEon 2y ago
That way madness lies.
Growing children in a vat, to be bought and sold. That's what you're talking about. As a kid or young adult I never fully understood the Butlerian Jihad plot point of the DUNE universe, but as an adult and a father I certainly do now.
- morkalork 2y agoThe surrogacy industry exists with the added bonus of exploiting women to be those vats.
- polski-g 2y agoAfter spending >$200k on surrogacy, I say: please bring on the baby vats.
- pjc50 2y agoGrowing children in a vat, and the personhood of those children, are two separate things. It's been entirely possible in recent history for naturally born children to be born to be bought and sold; whereas things like IVF have no effect on the personhood of the children so concieved.
- remarkEon 2y agoLoosening the biological connection to parents and replacing it with a mechanical process means there isn't a first line defense against the buying and selling. In fact, the buying and selling is the first step since the activity is reduced to a monetary transaction. It's just slavery, with a veneer of charity around it for people who struggle to conceive naturally. OP argued that supporting this concept would become mainstream, and my point is that it won't, because you'd have to put people like me in prison for that to happen.