Memories of the 28th Century
Misanthropy
by , 05-30-2013 at 03:24 PM (4053 Views)
Misanthropy is a general hatred, loathing, or disdain for the human species and/or human nature, and there are many good reasons for misanthropy. Like Swift I am not claiming that all humans are worthy of hate, mistrust, or disdain, but as a whole the human species is. Very nearly all problems that people have are results of human actions. The world almost surely would be a better place without most humans.
Dean Jonathan Swift described misanthropy quite nicely in his letter to Alexander Pope on September 29, 1725:
“I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: so with physicians—I will not speak of my own trade—soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. This is the system, upon which I have governed myself for many years,”
I agree with Swift, because all of the ills of humanity: war, hunger, poverty, cruelty, misogyny, child abuse, murder, rape, exploitation, and so on are caused by humans. While there are a few unpleasantnesses that are not caused by humans those are usually made worse by human activity. Even bacterial and viral diseases are made worse, i.e., more widespread, by human activity, and floods certainly are caused by too much water in inappropriate places, but those places would not be inappropriate if humans hadn’t built things in those places, and channelizing water has also led to more floods. It is even possible that some earthquakes have been triggered by human activity. I used to think that getting rid of most of the people would eliminate most of the problems, but now I realized that getting rid of three quarters of the people would eliminate at least ninety percent of the problems. With probable results like that who would oppose getting rid of a large proportion of humanity.
I favor improving the lot of humans, but humans are like fruit trees; they require pruning from time to time. We have to cut away the dead wood and the wood that has grown out the wrong way. After clearing away the poorly grown parts of humanity the healthy remainder will find it easier to fully develop to its fullest. Thus humanity will be greatly improved.
Mass murder is not the answer. I am trying to make it clear that humans are the problems. We get rid of harmful plants by eliminating them, and that is how humans should be treated, but like weeds humans may have values that have not yet been noticed, so we should temper the campaign; people should be allowed to eliminate themselves. And I believe that most people in their hearts know whether they are worthy of sullying the world with their presence. For that reason I think that a voluntary population reduction campaign might be adequately effective.
After careful consideration, we have determined that beheading would be the most efficient method, and we can be sure that the customers of the establishments set up for this purpose would not complain about the service. Although there have been suggestions that beheading would be painful; in fact, humans lose consciousness immediately when blood pressure to the brain drops dramatically, so unconsciousness would be immediate. There would be no unpleasant sensations as there are with most other ways that people can be put out of action, and the equipment is simple and inexpensive.
The next step in the campaign will be public relations and education. We will have to educate the general public as to the advantages of getting out of the way of the future and allowing the people who will remain to live better life. We will be trying for testimonials by noted persons who would be near the top of the list, such as a variety of present and recent past political figures. We are hoping that all of those will quickly volunteer to show the way for others of their sort.
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