They say life is a gift. Good. Then pay for it.

[TheVanishingPoint]

They say life is sacred. That every human being is a gift. That no pain can justify the decision to give up living. They say life must always be defended, at all costs. Fine. Every year, at least 720,000 people around the world take their own lives. One every 43 seconds. Are they a problem? A symptom? A defeat? No. According to what is said, they are lives that must be saved. All of them. No exceptions. Not with words. Not with intentions. With action. So here is the proposal: one million euros for every person expressing suicidal ideation. Not as charity. Not to buy their choice. But to offer the possibility they lack. If life truly is what they claim it to be the highest, most sacred, most untouchable good then no price is too high. Seventy-two billion for seventy-two thousand suicides? Seven hundred twenty billion for seven hundred twenty thousand? Yes. Pay it. Divide it among the global population, and the cost comes to about 88 euros per person. A laughable amount, compared to the values being proclaimed. No Church will refuse. No pro-life movement or ethical government will step back. In fact, they'll be the first to fund this universal gesture. They'll be proud to do it. Because if life is truly a gift, who could oppose protecting it with the most tangible gift that exists: resources. This is the moment. No one will dare say no. And if someone does, it means that what they've always said was never true.

 

[22yearsbroken]

Life is not a gift.. its a choice its given to us what we do with it is up to us ... wearher its to end it... or push through it.. it will always come down to OUR choices no one elses.. aome have been through alot.. some times more than we can handle in so many ways ...and it sucks but.... finding peace from trauma or illness ..
You could give me Elons bank account but it qouldnt change my choice... all the money in the world could never buy back my health.. but most of all it will never be enough money to save me from my losses and my life..

 

[Dante_]

Not a gift, an imposition of the kind where every barrier possible is present to make sure leaving is as hard as it could be, i've once come across people suggesting that you could REALLY leave if you wanted to if you're able bodied but what they dont realize is there's a severe lack of humane and reliable methods and not to mention the guilt one would have to listen for even thought of doing so, I mean we can't even cultivate an environment safe and accepting enough to discuss the struggles/reasons of why we want to opt out of a world like this, born into circumstances were defined by because it takes a lot to change what we have little control over, even then, its down to the luck of the draw and we know how cruel of a twist it can be.

 

[Malfunction]

Life isn't a gift, its a sentence.

If it were a gift, then I'd be free to refuse it. Life is forced upon us, we are the result of someone else's actions and will be subject to reward or punishment.

 

[Dejected 55]

You can refuse gifts... you can return or exchange gifts for something else you actually want. Life is not a gift. Life is a burden that is imposed upon you without your permission, and you are forced to endure.

 

[WeepingWorm]

You're presupposing a lot of things in your post. When you say "they say life is sacred", who's they? The governments? Not all of them claim that or even believe in human rights. Mine doesn't and lives are very disposable here. Human rights themselves are a social construct that are contingent on the duty to uphold them. Organized religion? Sure, but that comes with belief in free will of those suffering people to make their own decisions, as well as money not bringing happiness, as well as the belief that this worldly life is not the most important one. Random people in general? No, a lot of them couldn't care less about your life, and would probably even feel better if they had more space and opportunities for themselves.
And how would you imagine this money division would work in practice? Who's gonna enforce it and extort the money from every single person in the world? I can tell you for sure people have different ethics and far from all of them are going to willingly part with their money for a very undefined cause.
That said money can't even fix a huge amount of problems that makes people feel depressed. I know money won't fix my woes. It may make the quality of my life better, but I will be just as hollow and old inside.

 

[KillingPain267]

Suddenly you will find the number of people claiming to be suicidal to rise drastically, to line up for that money handout.
Personally, I would use that money to live in a house in my favorite climate, fill up the basement with the purest drugs I like and just be high at the pool all day, until my organs are starting to shut down. Then I would hire a corrupt doctor to administer a cocktail of anesthesia and nembutal and be done.

If many of the suicidal people have plans like me, they will say we are cheapening the gift of life or mocking it, and abandon the handout program and tell us to "get help", lol.

 

[Dejected 55]

There was an episode of the TV show "Sliders" where they landed on a world that had a really low population and resources were plentiful and food and stuff like that was really cheap. You could go up to any ATM and withdraw any amount of money you wanted... but there was a catch. Turns out, money withdrawn from the ATM was an entry into the lottery. The more money you withdraw the more entries in the lottery.

IF you win the lottery, then you got millions of dollars... and they threw a party for you and other lottery winners... then you were executed the next day and your family inherited the money you won in the lottery.

It was a form of population control that seemed to be working on that parallel world. Of course out story heroes didn't know that, one of them wins the lottery and they have to escape... and some on the planet were protesting in favor of birth control and the like instead of executions.

But it was a scenario where people essentially volunteered to be killed in exchange for money for their families.

Something about this thread reminded me of that concept.

 

[GhostInTheMachine]

The gift isn't life, the gift is a good life. That gift is reserved for the fortunate, and most of us ain't that. Sometimes you can play your hand well enough to win yourself into it, but that relies on a lot of luck.

 

[brokeandbroken]

They say life is sacred. That every human being is a gift. That no pain can justify the decision to give up living. They say life must always be defended, at all costs. Fine. Every year, at least 720,000 people around the world take their own lives. One every 43 seconds. Are they a problem? A symptom? A defeat? No. According to what is said, they are lives that must be saved. All of them. No exceptions. Not with words. Not with intentions. With action. So here is the proposal: one million euros for every person expressing suicidal ideation. Not as charity. Not to buy their choice. But to offer the possibility they lack. If life truly is what they claim it to be the highest, most sacred, most untouchable good then no price is too high. Seventy-two billion for seventy-two thousand suicides? Seven hundred twenty billion for seven hundred twenty thousand? Yes. Pay it. Divide it among the global population, and the cost comes to about 88 euros per person. A laughable amount, compared to the values being proclaimed. No Church will refuse. No pro-life movement or ethical government will step back. In fact, they'll be the first to fund this universal gesture. They'll be proud to do it. Because if life is truly a gift, who could oppose protecting it with the most tangible gift that exists: resources. This is the moment. No one will dare say no. And if someone does, it means that what they've always said was never true.

People dont care you die. People care if they feel guilty you die. Simply put most if not everyone if you die. They won't. If you tell someone you will either they worry about legal fallout or maybe if you are lucky they will actually care. The biggest lie out there is People care about people. People dont. Or if they do I've never experienced it. If people do good it's so they can tell themselves what wonderful people they are. It's the most simple example of virtue signaling. Just like virtue signaling it's fake.

 

[brokenspirited]

Life isn't a gift; it's a curse. The only gift I desire is the gift of nonexistence.

 

[yaa]

They say life is sacred. That every human being is a gift. That no pain can justify the decision to give up living. They say life must always be defended, at all costs. Fine. Every year, at least 720,000 people around the world take their own lives. One every 43 seconds. Are they a problem? A symptom? A defeat? No. According to what is said, they are lives that must be saved. All of them. No exceptions. Not with words. Not with intentions. With action. So here is the proposal: one million euros for every person expressing suicidal ideation. Not as charity. Not to buy their choice. But to offer the possibility they lack. If life truly is what they claim it to be the highest, most sacred, most untouchable good then no price is too high. Seventy-two billion for seventy-two thousand suicides? Seven hundred twenty billion for seven hundred twenty thousand? Yes. Pay it. Divide it among the global population, and the cost comes to about 88 euros per person. A laughable amount, compared to the values being proclaimed. No Church will refuse. No pro-life movement or ethical government will step back. In fact, they'll be the first to fund this universal gesture. They'll be proud to do it. Because if life is truly a gift, who could oppose protecting it with the most tangible gift that exists: resources. This is the moment. No one will dare say no. And if someone does, it means that what they've always said was never true.

Crazy we're forced to pay for an existence some deluded broke mf imposed us into... Like wowww and we're supposed to never be honest about our true feelings—wut a world

 

[J&L383]

Life isn't a gift, its a sentence.

If it were a gift, then I'd be free to refuse it. Life is forced upon us, we are the result of someone else's actions and will be subject to reward or punishment.

If it's a good gift, great. For example, if someone gives you a juicy apple pie, enjoy it! But if someone gives you a maggot infested slime pie, return it!

 

[EternalShore]

Money can't fix every problem probably~ :( altho, it can alleviate some of it~ :)

 

[Malfunction]

If it's a good gift, great. For example, if someone gives you a juicy apple pie, enjoy it! But if someone gives you a maggot infested slime pie, return it!

I.. got the slime pie. I'd take the day old dried up stuff at least.

 

[Pluto]

 

[EgoBrained]

To add to this, gifts are often thrown out as unwanted, aren't they?

 

[badatparties]

I think life is some sort of mistake honestly, like we're not meant to be here. We are trapped in a meat suit, in a society and world that feels hostile and alien to our very consciousness.

Why do so many people want out? It's because we live in a unnatural environment that doesn't nourish us, something is wrong and we know it. This place is fucked up in multiple ways.

 

[NeverReallyHere]

A "gift" is something given without obligation. If it comes with obligation then it's not a gift, it's a burden.