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[–] Dii_Casses 0 points (+0|-0) Edited

The problem is how to get there.

Exactly; there is no moral way to go about making that happen. No matter who you hand the keys to that kind of decision you can be sure of two things:

  1. They themselves are going to be exempt

  2. Someone they don't like is going to get shafted.

Corollary: Any oversight committee is either in Group A or quickly joins Group B

I'm pretty sure you'd be unhappy if the people making that choice turns out to be "people with more money". But that is a short-sighted view: Power is going to be abused, in whatever form it takes. Today it comes in the form of money; tomorrow it might take the form of deciding reproduction rights (eugenics, woo! /s).

[–] smallpond [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

Well, the doing nothing option is the 'people with more wealth' live option.

Despite the moral difficulties, I think the world is definitely headed towards a lower population. To do nothing while the poor die can't really be called moral either...