Apparently the evil doctor also wants the authority to define what is a meaningful life. The arrogance of such people. Maybe he should be relieved of existence as I find no meaning in his life.
The arrogance is simply breathtaking, isn’t it?
I work6 with people who are on Medicare. I’ve met people who are “old” at 65 and people who are still “young” over 80 and 90. Having a “meaningful life” should not be determined by whether or not someone does what someone else defines as “meaningful work.”
I met a delightful lady who is over the “useful” age as defined by this guy. She babysits her great-granddaughter. She doesn’t simply park the kid in front of the TV while she does other things; she puts everything else aside and plays with the child. She (and her husband) actively support their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren not financially but emotionally and spiritually. Who is to say that their lives are not “meaningful?”
I’ve also met a lady in her 89’s who has outlived a much younger husband. Her life has diminished considerably and she has some dementia going on. What she spends her time doing is sitting and praying for people. I for one would never say that her life is not “meaningful.”
I had one grandparent living when I was born, and she died when I was 5. None of my grandparents lived to 74. I wish I had known them. I wish they had lived longer lives. Their lives would certainly have been meaningful to me!