> I take it you've not encountered such folks? It must be nice to be shielded.

What are you even trying to argue here? "Not dying and not letting your kids die is a choice"? I mean, sure, in a bizarre alien logic kind of way, but as someone once told me: "you're not helping yourself by using extreme arguments".

If that's your main point, we can stop here. I won't argue with extraterrestrials or robots.

> I don't know your background, but spend some time in various countries

Exactly, you don't know my background, so don't lecture me. Your lecturing comes across as very condescending and, well, privileged.

> The US

I'm not from the US.

> Statistically, they will choose poorly, but the fact that their behavior is predictable via statistics doesn't negate the fact that they made those choices.

Non-sequitur.

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BeetleB 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> Exactly, you don't know my background, so don't lecture me. Your lecturing comes across as very condescending and, well, privileged.

1. I definitely am privileged.

2. Have you looked in a mirror?

3. You don't need to, as you yourself said: "And that's OK, clearly TFA is aimed at privileged people like us, not most people."

The only thing I have left to say is: Try not to confuse obligations with choices.

	▲	the_af 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> I definitely am privileged It shows! And condescending too, I'd add. > The only thing I have left to say is: Try not to confuse obligations with choices. That is meaningless, though doubtless it seems very deep to you. Look, you made the bizarre argument people always have choices because feeding your kids is a choice. In whatever alien world you live in that might be a clever argument. Meanwhile, in the real world...