Discussion Suicide and it's accessibility-

[YandereMikuMistress]

Hello everyone, I just wanted to get this off my chest. I mentioned it briefly in the public chat on Sunday, Aug 10, but I thought I'd take some time now to try to convey myself better.


It doesn't seem fair that we don't have easy, legal access to assisted suicide. I worry that if such options ever become available, it won't be because society genuinely cares about those suffering. Instead, it will come when the government decides it's financially convenient
because a person's death means saving money on disability benefits and mental health support.
It's painful to think that, to those in power, my death might be seen not as a tragedy but as a small cost-saving measure.

Not for the good of society, not for me, and not for my family but for the government's bottom line.

Right now, it feels like suicide is ignored or dismissed, because each death means one less person relying on public resources—like the taxes that fund benefits for people like me. It's as if our struggles are invisible, and our value reduced to a financial burden.


This is why I fear that true, compassionate access to assisted suicide will only come when it benefits the system yup and not the people who actually need help.

 

[Alexandra_]

I believe that euthanasia should be available to absolutely everyone. After all, life can be very unbearable. But I am 99% sure that this will never happen. Most people simply do not care about the suffering of others

 

[cowboypants]

I think in the short term it might be difficult if the people living off on such goverment benefits increase. The govt would take measures at some point to curb it. But it could go the way things are going in US right now which isn't good for the people.

For now it seems only the developed countries are doing it. I think that pattern would likely continue. It needs such political system to accommodate euthanasia imo.

It could go two ways like you said but we people have infinite resources, ability to go into space and what not, that we can take care of all the people. Only if we can work together for the betterment of everyone

 

[Homsi1632]

I've got mixed feelings about suicide and its accessibility. On the one hand, I don't want to make a rash decision because I'm having a bad string of weeks. On the other hand, it's upsetting that I can't just walk into a facility, sign some papers, and get put out painlessly.

 

[Heartbroken Nurse]

Impatiently waiting for the suicide booth like on Futurama

 

[knickknack81]

I've got mixed feelings about suicide and its accessibility. On the one hand, I don't want to make a rash decision because I'm having a bad string of weeks. On the other hand, it's upsetting that I can't just walk into a facility, sign some papers, and get put out painlessly.

100 percent agree. CTB is a very serious decision and it should not be something one should just jump into because they are feeling down or having a bad moment. But for those who are seriously suffering and have really weighed everything out, it should be easier to access and done in a way that is safe and secure. instead of done in a quiet way that can lead to mistakes and make things worse for those around them.

 

[Leyna]

I was thinking of a solution that would prevent impulsive decision making and prevent family members from coercing you into assisted suicide.

People who are chronically ill and have the agreement from all family members can pay a smaller fee, maybe a thousand dollars. Those who are not chronically ill and younger don't need family agreement but they do have to pay a much higher fee, much more in line to what it currently costs.

 

[deathisneeded]

Hello everyone, I just wanted to get this off my chest. I mentioned it briefly in the public chat on Sunday, Aug 10, but I thought I'd take some time now to try to convey myself better.


It doesn't seem fair that we don't have easy, legal access to assisted suicide. I worry that if such options ever become available, it won't be because society genuinely cares about those suffering. Instead, it will come when the government decides it's financially convenient
because a person's death means saving money on disability benefits and mental health support.
It's painful to think that, to those in power, my death might be seen not as a tragedy but as a small cost-saving measure.

Not for the good of society, not for me, and not for my family but for the government's bottom line.

Right now, it feels like suicide is ignored or dismissed, because each death means one less person relying on public resources—like the taxes that fund benefits for people like me. It's as if our struggles are invisible, and our value reduced to a financial burden.


This is why I fear that true, compassionate access to assisted suicide will only come when it benefits the system yup and not the people who actually need help.

You're contradicting yourself

 

[YandereMikuMistress]

You're contradicting yourself

Im sorry I don't see it as a contradiction I was just sharing my concern that the government's motives wouldn't come from compassion ya know but from cost saving. I probably could've worded it better,, I was just trying to get the point out that even if assisted suicide becomes legal that my fear is that it'll be motivated by financial interests rather than from any place of compassion,, my apologies for coming off in any abrasive way and I'm sorry for contradicting myself I just didn't see it that way personally that's all.