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I guess I'll make an argument against the death penalty, as I haven't heard anyone make this argument yet in this thread.
The biggest reason I personally can see to oppose the death penalty is that no government can be trusted with life or death powers over its citizens, as every government serves only its own interests, as opposed to the interests of its peoples (for what it's worth, this also means I am opposed to eugenics, MAID, and similar programs). Given that around 50% of the time, the government is run entirely by people I would consider to have morally abhorrent views (while the majority of the remaining time, it seems to be run by people who are solely interested in enriching themselves), I'd rather not have someone deciding that posting wrongthink is worthy of death, while sexual assault of a child warrants a second chance, all because of who did it.
I need you to unpack the MAID opinion more please, I find opposition to it fascinating and profoundly frustrating.
Because you don't trust the government, you think that if I'm diagnosed with incurable and fatal cancer, I have to suffer a prolonged and painful death because you don't trust the government? If you don't trust the government, you don't ever have to consent to MAID, even if an idiot who works for the government suggests it to you as an option.
The fact that anti MAID people think restricting the freedom of other people to choose has never made sense to me.
I strongly recommend reading this article about the end of life care that doctors receive, versus the general population: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/03/how-doctors-die/
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