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Rich people would probably set something up so that their future incarnation inherits their wealth, since it’s statistically likely that they’d be reincarnated as someone poorer. I could also imagine a much stronger push to bring the birthrate up even at the cost of using unethical means to force it, because if the population decreases, there wouldn’t be enough children born for an increasingly large percentage to reincarnate into
Considering the Rich tend to control governments, this would result in shit like a ban on contraception and abortion, mayhaps legally requiring everyone have a minimum amount of children.
…do republicans know something we don’t?
If you’re an ssshole don’t you come back as an insect or animal? That would mean rich folks would have to do actual good to avoid that. Whatever their policies, after the first few trust fund dung beetles and assorted other multi-lifetime embarrassments, they’d probably snap out of it.
Hey check out the cockroach yacht club guys! Lol, how did that forced birth + soul tracking debt thing work out for you!?
Then like half their debtors would achieve nervana and fuck off to heaven or whatever.
I think the kharma religions, this would take care of itself.
People say you come back. Reincarnation. Do you think so? Well, it doesn’t seem mathematically possible to me, man. Uh, 'course at one time what we had on the earth was six people, you know. I avoid “two” because it’s controversial but six… most people agree, “fuck, yeah, we had six at one time.” Six people, six souls… cool. They died, souls went back to the place; six new people souls- still six souls. Now we have four billion people… claiming to have souls. Someone is printing up souls… and it lowers their value, you know.
– George Carlin
There’s no particular reason to think souls and reincarnation would follow the normal flow of time. If you can be reincarnated in a different place from where you lived, why not a different time? Maybe you could be reincarnated as anyone who had ever lived, or anyone ever will live. Taken to the extreme, there could be just one soul and we’re all reincarnations of each other. It’s all woo, so why not?
Reminds me of the short story “The Egg” by Andy Weir (same guy who wrote The Martian and Project Hail Mary (which is an amazing book, btw)).
I recommend the egg. It’s a quick read.
Never seen double parentheses like that outside of algebraic expressions.
[Laughs in Scheme]
Insect populations across the world are dwindling. We’re blaming pollution and high intensity farming, but perhaps all of those ants and flies are getting their soul sucked up to be reincarnated as humans!
Explains a lot about some people
Bring me sugar water
But about the souls of all the bacteria 🦠
Maybe they get reincarnated into other bacteria?
No central nervous system, they probably don’t have souls.
This is why reincarnation would come to be. It would then be spun in a way that would be beneficial for people. You can buy that house with a 250 year, 3 lives mortgage!
2nd life into mortgage year one foreclosed because you couldn’t pay :'(
It is I the trillionaire eu keeps accruing wealth past his 250 lives.
Zulie the Witch has me watching videos that deep dive into lore and filenames for games I’ve never even played, good channel.
about 10 seconds maybe?
I give it an hour before someone decides indebted meat is vegan.
Yeah, but it could also fix some things regarding racism, sexism, ableism, trans issues, immigration, geographic disadvantages etc. Maybe climate change?
Suicide would be an epidemic.
Optimistic of you to think people wouldn’t use it as an excuse to be even MORE discriminatory. There would be Ultra-Whites who could claim they were never non-white in the past X years, with seniority by how far back they can trace their reincarnated whiteness. And of course there would be new religions claiming that if you follow them you’ll be reincarnated into the race/environment of your choice.
Odds are you aren’t going to be reincarnated as a white person though. Seems like they would cut the shit out the first time they are reincarnated as something different.
Maybe. I just thought it was an interesting opportunity to put the “veil of ignorance” to the test.
They will do year earlier
And class action lawsuits for damages caused in previous lives. Started a war? Polluted the land? Several million people want compensation. Can’t pay now? No problem, several lifetimes to pay off that debt.
What do you mean how long would it take? They would be the ones doing the research for that exact purpose.
Is this the same person who does Elden Ring lore analysis? They do good shit.
Great show!
Politicians would be the ones passing the bills, lobbyist spend a good amount of money on buying politicians and our gov’ts to screw the working class.
I would have loved a show that was just about Poe and with various guests who stayed in the hotel
Hey, I know this one…
The first season was awesome, the second season not so much. I feel they wanted to put too much story into too few episodes in season two, which just left kind of a mess. I loved the concept though, sorry to have seen it canceled.
.>Be me.
.>Reincarnate into a cow.
.>Moo. Moo moo moo.
.>Moo moo moo moo moo.
.>Moo
.>🐮
Companies: 🥩🥩🍔🍔💲💲
I’d just be happy that people like me. On a bun nonetheless. But a like is a like.
Your debt-ridden Reincarnation as a Cash Cow
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