Discussion How many people would die if..

[heydude56]

Euthanasia were legalized for anyone who wanted it..?
Do you think it would be possible for more than 5% of population to bite the dust in a short amount of time?

 

[Life]

A lot less than 5. Probably less than 1 percent. I would say maybe 2 or 3 people out of every thousand would genuinely want euthanasia.

 

[darksouls]

Euthanasia were legalized for anyone who wanted it..?
Do you think it would be possible for more than 5% of population to bite the dust in a short amount of time?

no, less than 1% of the population

 

[MissAbyss]

I guess that legalizing euthanasia would cause many voluntary deaths is overrated. But they like to use it as an (e.g., political, ethical) argumentation to prevent the legalization of euthanasia.

As already stated above, probably less than 1 percent of the population.

 

[darksouls]

most people enjoy life, they are happy if they can fuck every day

 

[LetMeOut67]

A tiny % but still millions of the world population

 

[kopebaldy]

Even if someone wants it, there are so many reasons both internal and external holding them back.

Many people have suicidal thoughts, most would never get anywhere close to the point of acting on it.

I believe the amount of people who jump headfirst into this, aka our people, is gonna be so miniscule that our effects on society in the grand scheme of things would be remembered as a minor speed bump at best.

Life resumes, without all the weirdos and deviants.

 

[offbalance]

I mean given how many attempts there are each year I would say a lot of people, but still a small percentage of the worlds population

 

[FuneralCry]

I certainly would, all I want is permanent peace from this dreadful, torturous existence I just always saw as the most terrible tragic mistake, for me non-existence is just the only relief and I always suffer so much from how I cannot just be euthanised to finally escape from the abomination of existence that to me is just suffering all for the sake of it, no matter what I'd just always prefer to not exist, for me non-existence truly is all that's positive.

 

[TAW122]

I would think that there would be a small percentage, maybe more than 1% but not much more than 3% or so (just an estimate, nothing concrete though) of the population that would voluntarily opt out. Ironically, I would think that if euthanasia was legal and very accessible for anyone that wants it (almost no strings attached, only being of legal age and after maybe a short waiting period, such as 6 months to 1 year at most (barring terminal illness), and consent from the individual), there may even be people who may stick around just a bit longer since they know they can opt out at any given time for any reason.

As for the moral panic and those who fear slippery slopes and various other overblown concerns, again, I don't believe those would be warranted or grounded in reality. It will just mean more resources and less competition for the majority of people competing for resources and other things. Basically the people who want to stay will stay while the people who desperately want out will have their exit.

 

[LetMeOut67]

It's the ultimate hell
Being dragged into this and forced to participate, to jump through hoop after hoop every single second until you die and knowing it's hard to escape without going through the terror of contemplating a violent attempt that might go wrong

Whatever created this obscenity fucking hates us

 

[name2come]

I think it'd be much fewer people than WE might think, but also a lot more people than I think the world-at-large would be comfortable with. Although that number is around zero, so that's not saying much. I wish we had simple "opt out" procedures. I'd be okay with a lengthy waiting period to mitigate the impact of impulsive decisions. I don't know that I'd rush out to do it if legalized, but I would feel a great deal less anxiety about making that decision. But for the world-at-large, that anxiety is a feature, not a bug, so alleviating it isn't a priority.

 

[divinemistress36]

340 million people in USA if 1% chose euthansia thats 3.4 million people who would die