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But what happens if the family actually hates the person and wants them gone, or if there’s no family at all? Or even worse, what if after everything is done, the relatives claim—or genuinely believe—that the doctor didn't give them enough information? It's a messy situation, isn't it?
Euthanasia—that’s exactly what you're getting at. But here’s the kicker: you can't just hand people the power to decide where the line is drawn. Once you let them set those boundaries, someone else is always going to come along and push them further. Before you know it, we'll be in a spot where having a bad case of the flu means you're basically headed for the grave, just because these new vaccines and modern drugs have become so ridiculously expensive that they're worth more than an actual human life.
And honestly, that whole idea about the machine? It strikes me as such a ridiculous absurdity. When you really think about it, the very thing that makes us human—what truly sets us apart from animals—is our subjectivity. It's our feelings and our inner world.
If I had to answer your question, I'd put it this way: in a country driven by pure capitalism, if you've got the cash, you can keep your grandma on life support until she hits 115. But if you're broke? Well, then you just die when it's your time.
In different social settings, though, things look a little different...