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CRISPR and other tools aren’t science fiction anymore. If the wealthy get there first, what happens to everyone else?

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[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

The will find a way to be even more inbred than they already are

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We still don't know what all the Dna and RNA does. So the rich would just be testing with their own kids.

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[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

You already mentioned science fiction, and therein lies your answer. Many of the super rich already think of themselves as better than human or more deserving than others. This new tech will only reinforce the idea because, obviously, only the wealthy will have broad access to it.

What you've brought up is a willful choice in future design. And that's "design" as in both the genetic build of their future children, as well as the redesigned social structure that will be laid out before them.

The idea is, or very soon will be, to make a clear and undeniable ruling class. The wanna-be god kings are already shoring-up forces and hedging their bets as we live and breath. Pharonic rule 2.0 might be just around the corner, folks.

Who was it that said "fear not of man, for all men must die"? Eh. It doesn't really matter who said it, so much as what it means. Anyone wanting to see to it that these fucks dont get their way, I hope will make sure to remember the meaning of these words. A time may come in which that meaning becomes the most vital of tools in undoing some of the greater evils of this world. No gods. No kings.

None of this is advice. I am not a lawyer. I am not an expert in any field. Etc

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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Shhh!

You're not supposed to say the quiet part out loud!

Just keep pretending our societies are equitable.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

It's a new class of DARWIN humans, since such manipulated beings usually have shorter life expectation.

[–] arararagi@ani.social 3 points 1 week ago

I don't think it's the eugenic stuff that's gonna take off, but fixing future developmental problems.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah it will be new class of morons that will buy out all the water and energy to feed their shiny computers so you can live in dark and starve to death.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

I still need to read Red Rising.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

No, your assumption is that there is an ideal DNA code when there isn't. They will still just be people like everyone else.

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[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

At least we will have better rich people to look at. The current oligarchy in the US looks like deep fried dog shit. Imbred looking ass...

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