We "live" perhaps too much - Marco M.

We "live" perhaps too much

I have always been convinced that the quality and dignity of life are the only important variables. Attachment to quantity is the offspring of a society with no values left. For most, in fact, it doesn't matter how, as long as they survive and depart with as little suffering and as much unconsciousness as possible.

In a healthy society, one lives until they are independent and can take care of themselves. In a healthy society, the elderly are an immense treasure of 'memory' and wisdom, not children/elderly who weigh down on their families both economically and in terms of guilt.

In a healthy society, euthanasia would not even be something debatable because one dies with dignity before witnessing their existence turn into useless suffering. In a healthy society, it is not a doctor or a judge who decides when to pull the plug, but nature.

If we remove the last years of a person's life, when indeed they're no longer able to do anything on their own, we would discover that the average length of life has not fundamentally changed since the times when we were hunter-gatherers. The consequence is that the much-touted 'progress'—namely medicine, science, etc.—has not improved individuals' lives in any way except to prolong existence when it is no longer worth prolonging.

I wish myself to die in a forest or, better yet, die defending someone or something I believe in. If I ended up holding a weapon in my hand with the intent of defending the person I love, I would end up directly in Valhalla.

m.m.