“Living people who the government believes should be treated as if they are dead” is a gasp-worthy concept with far-reaching potential applications. - ThreadSky

leahmcelrath.bsky.social • 12 days ago

“Living people who the government believes should be treated as if they are dead” is a gasp-worthy concept with far-reaching potential applications.

Reposted from Joshua J. Friedman

What a grim paragraph www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

Comments

stephenh.bsky.social•12 days ago

And when they are killed, who will know?

wneuhauser.bsky.social•12 days ago

To lazy to write code for their new cruelty. But on the bright side, once they are “dead” the family starts getting survivor benefits!🙄

colorado80537.bsky.social•12 days ago

WTAF

morriswayts.bsky.social•12 days ago

So, they are preparing kill-lists? 👀

risslerm.bsky.social•11 days ago

So they want to create a panel of people to determine who to put on this list. Could be called a death panel.

mistygedlinske.bsky.social•12 days ago

My first thought was this is eugenicist toward chronically ill and disabled people, but making someone an “unperson” for political reasons is also plausible.

melisa23.bsky.social•12 days ago

In The Handmaid's Tale they effectively did this to women, so they couldn't access their own money. That was the first step.

lainey366.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is unthinkable. This cannot be allowed to happen. How in the hell can this inhumane and vile treatment of people continue? It is something new every day.

this-guy.bsky.social•12 days ago

If you treat them like they’re dead they will soon actually be dead, which seems to be what they want.

labboypro.bsky.social•12 days ago

We're finally gonna get those 'death panels' they used to prattle on about.

madgeo.bsky.social•11 days ago

Reminds me https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2046230809/

riffandrock.bsky.social•12 days ago

So actual death panels

dionenyc.bsky.social•12 days ago

Oh, we’re looking to create unpersons now? That’s terrifying.

behrtex.bsky.social•11 days ago

I’m old enough to remember when they were fear-mongering about “ObAmA deAtH pAneLz” and yet here we are.

hammienugs.bsky.social•12 days ago

This was a punishment in the USSR - making someone into a pariah banned from employment or any benefits of citizenship

leahmcelrath.bsky.social•12 days ago

Well, that makes sense.

hammienugs.bsky.social•11 days ago

People receiving this punishment were then subject to being charged with "social parasitism" and often sent to labour camps, which of course also sounds familiar...