Re: A Modest Proposal: Fattening up the Proles

[Jeff Barber <jeffb@sware.com>]

Timothy C. May writes:
  At 2:57 AM 1/17/96, tallpaul wrote (quoting):
> >"To understand the probable outcome of the Libertarian vision, see any
> >cyberpunk B movie wherein thousands of diseased, desparate and starving
> >families sit around on ratty old couches on the streets watching television
> >while rich megalomaniacs appropriate their body parts for their personal
> >physical immortality."

> The absurdity of this point is obvious to anyone with a brain. Why would we
> want the donors to be "diseased" and "starving"?  It is imperative that
> donors be healthy and non-anorexic (we used to use the phrase "fattened
> up," but this is no longer au courant).
> 
> To keep the proles reasonably healthy, the plutocrats are encouraging the
> current wave of exercise videos, ThighMasters, Buns of Steel, etc. And lots
> of beer, as the Kobe beef quakers have shown.

Plus, we'll be feeding them tasty and nutritious Soylent Green(tm)...


-- Jeff