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[โ€“] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Longtermists try to justify their actions by invoking potential, future generations. Those don't exist either.

[โ€“] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

They're presuming that people will exist, which is not a wild assumption

But that's not a philosophy I particularly subscribe to so I don't feel compelled to explain or defend it further.