Discussion Silent Oppression: The Control Over the Freedom to Choose One’s End

[L'absent]

The contemporary world, increasingly influenced by pro-life ideology, is implementing a series of disturbing initiatives aimed at limiting people's autonomy and freedom, especially those who can no longer find meaning in their lives or feel trapped in an unbearable existence. These initiatives, presented as measures for "prevention" or "life protection," actually conceal a systematic form of oppression, manifesting on various levels.
One of the main tools of this oppression is the progressive restriction on access to potentially lethal drugs and substances. In many countries, it has become almost impossible to obtain medications that could allow for a dignified death due to smaller packaging, strict purchase restrictions, and obsessive monitoring by authorities. Urban design has also been adapted to include physical and symbolic barriers: bridges, buildings, and other so-called "high-risk" locations have been equipped with suicide-prevention structures. These interventions, however, do not address the root of the problem but merely shift the pain elsewhere, making it even harder for individuals to find a way out of their suffering.
In addition, there has been a fierce attack on euthanasia and assisted suicide. In countries where these practices were partially recognized, we are now witnessing a regression, with increasingly restrictive laws or outright bans. The dominant narrative promotes the idea that every life must be preserved at all costs, deliberately ignoring the reality of those living with chronic pain, unbearable disabilities, or permanent mental anguish. The right to die, which should be a personal and inviolable choice, is denied with arguments often rooted in religious or moral ideologies, disregarding the plurality of thought that characterizes modern societies.
Those who, despite these barriers, attempt suicide and survive face further dehumanization. They are often confined to psychiatric facilities where their rights are stripped away, turning them into objects of control and containment. In these places, rather than receiving genuine care and support, they are subjected to coercive and paternalistic treatments, further exacerbating their already unbearable suffering. The system appears more focused on preserving biological life at all costs than on understanding and respecting individual experiences.
This prolonged oppression, rooted in centuries of moralism and social control, continues to crush those who are simply seeking a way to end an existence they perceive as intolerable. People in this condition face not only the weight of their own pain but also an entire system that stigmatizes, isolates, and deprives them of their fundamental rights. This combination of personal suffering and social oppression deepens a sense of despair, leading many to desire to hasten their departure before it becomes entirely impossible to do so with dignity.
Instead of creating a world that welcomes and understands human pain, offering support without judgment, society responds with punitive and coercive measures, increasing the suffering of those already in difficulty. This cycle of oppression not only perpetuates unhappiness but also deprives individuals of the ability to freely decide about their own bodies and destinies, reducing them to pawns in a system that prioritizes abstract rules and imposed values over dignity and individual freedom.
Does this global situation make you reflect? Does it lead you to desire a quicker and more immediate departure from life, fearing being trapped in this system, or do you feel that it doesn't concern you?

 

[futurebuscatcher]

Weird way to take this rant but I find it so interesting that the same people that want to ban suicide pods (which I think should be adopted) are the same people that want marginalized groups of people dead.

I guarantee you if their so called enemies or people they're prejudiced against were signing up for suicide they wouldn't care.

Plus though it would be a gov program and cost money, it'd probably be less expensive then all the resources they use to "help" people. Seriously, most people here can attest to the amount of times their "help" worked.

 

[L'absent]

Weird way to take this rant but I find it so interesting that the same people that want to ban suicide pods (which I think should be adopted) are the same people that want marginalized groups of people dead.

I guarantee you if their so called enemies or people they're prejudiced against were signing up for suicide they wouldn't care.

Plus though it would be a gov program and cost money, it'd probably be less expensive then all the resources they use to "help" people. Seriously, most people here can attest to the amount of times their "help" worked.

What you describe is exactly the point I was trying to highlight. Suicide prevention measures, which seem to be based on a religious and moralistic view, are not really designed to address the psychological suffering of individuals, but rather to preserve life at all costs, without considering the quality of that life. This approach does not focus on individual well-being or the real needs of those suffering, but on maintaining an ideological consistency that sees life as a sacred gift to be protected at all costs, often ignoring those who are enduring unbearable pain.
Rather than offering concrete and compassionate solutions, such as proper therapy or psychological support, these policies seem to respond with control and the denial of individual freedom, excluding the right of individuals to make informed choices about their own destiny. In this context, human suffering is treated as something to be avoided at all costs, without ever considering that for some, "saving" life could mean prolonging an unbearable existence.
Ultimately, what is lacking in this approach is a true understanding of suffering and respect for the dignity of every individual, who should have the right to freely decide over their own body and destiny.

 

[ma0]

So fucking simple minded. "Death = bad, Life = good." It's never that easy.

 

[L'absent]

So fucking simple minded. "Death = bad, Life = good." It's never that easy.

Exactly, reducing everything to 'Death = bad, Life = good' is an oversimplification that ignores the complexity of human experience. Every individual lives through different realities, and not everyone finds joy or meaning in life. The problem lies precisely in the imposition of this binary view, which disregards the real suffering of people, treating it as secondary to an abstract principle of the 'sanctity of life.' This isn't about promoting death but about recognizing that some lives, as they are lived, may be perceived as unbearable. We can't keep imposing simplistic answers to such profound problems.