The "consumer choices" of the rich will be to become genetically flawless transhumanists who live to be 300.
Who is rich and who isn't in currently existing Liberal societies is extremely racially disparate due to centuries of colonization, enslavement and exploitation primarily done by one race - the race that now holds the vast, vast majority of the wealth.
This is just genocide with additional steps. This is the ultimate realization of the racialist project, to speciate as the "ubermensch" and actually become the superior race. Liberalism is just less overtly violent fulfillment of the same racial supremacist project.
That's what I meant by shady implications, but this GATTACA shit is science fiction right now. Are going to tell a women trying to exercise her reproductive rights and screen potential embryos for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy they are being racist genociders? Again, I think it's a complex question and wouldn't rush to conclusions.
Genetic engineering under capitalism and white supremacy is going to be a no-go for me. Temporary moratorium until we have socialism and decolonization.
Prenatal screening I've described is already happening and it isn't genetic engineering. Under capitalism/white supremacy new medical or educational technology will first be only available to favored class/race and help them get even more ahead. It sucks, but probably not a reason to stop people from getting treatment/education. I'd say those things should be examined on case by case basis. Like saying rich kids should have DMD and die at 15 just because some poor do seems harsh.
The "consumer choices" of the rich will be to become genetically flawless transhumanists who live to be 300.
Who is rich and who isn't in currently existing Liberal societies is extremely racially disparate due to centuries of colonization, enslavement and exploitation primarily done by one race - the race that now holds the vast, vast majority of the wealth.
This is just genocide with additional steps. This is the ultimate realization of the racialist project, to speciate as the "ubermensch" and actually become the superior race. Liberalism is just less overtly violent fulfillment of the same racial supremacist project.
That's what I meant by shady implications, but this GATTACA shit is science fiction right now. Are going to tell a women trying to exercise her reproductive rights and screen potential embryos for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy they are being racist genociders? Again, I think it's a complex question and wouldn't rush to conclusions.
Genetic engineering under capitalism and white supremacy is going to be a no-go for me. Temporary moratorium until we have socialism and decolonization.
Prenatal screening I've described is already happening and it isn't genetic engineering. Under capitalism/white supremacy new medical or educational technology will first be only available to favored class/race and help them get even more ahead. It sucks, but probably not a reason to stop people from getting treatment/education. I'd say those things should be examined on case by case basis. Like saying rich kids should have DMD and die at 15 just because some poor do seems harsh.