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[–] C1pher@lemmy.world 113 points 3 days ago (32 children)

Bust a nut, pass your genetics and perish. Thats it. What you do in between that is up to you.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 77 points 3 days ago (15 children)

No, social behavior has always been a party of biology. Even after you reproduce how you care for your young and your extended family has a huge impact on the species. Herd animals or anything that flocks can't function solo. If all the adults just left after they reproduced the species wouldn't survive. Reproduction is key for the individual, but it's never that simple. The version you're told in school is always a highly simplified version of the truth.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 26 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Honestly the entire idea that the only purpose of humanity is to make the next generation or support that process in some way just feels gross in a very eugenics adjacent way. If you start with that premise, it's just too easy to conclude that anyone who isn't working towards that end is disposable.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 24 points 2 days ago

From a biological point of view everybody is disposable

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