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Switzerland has just legalized a new way to die by assisted suicide. The country’s medical review board has just given authorization for use of the Sarco Suicide Pod, which is a 3-D-printed portable coffin-like capsule with windows that can be transported to a tranquil place for a person’s final moments of life.

Conventional assisted-suicide methods have generally involved a chemical substance. Inventor Philip Nitschke of Exit International told the website SwissInfo.ch that his “death pod” offers a different approach. “We want to remove any kind of psychiatric review from the process and allow the individual to control the method themselves,” he said. “Our aim is to develop an artificial-intelligence screening system to establish the person’s mental capacity. Naturally there is a lot of skepticism, especially on the part of psychiatrists.”

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Switzerland has just legalized a new way to die by assisted suicide. The country’s medical review board has just given authorization for use of the Sarco Suicide Pod, which is a 3-D-printed portable coffin-like capsule with windows that can be transported to a tranquil place for a person’s final moments of life. Conventional assisted-suicide methods have generally involved a chemical substance. Inventor Philip Nitschke of Exit International told the website SwissInfo.ch that his “death pod” offers a different approach. “We want to remove any kind of psychiatric review from the process and allow the individual to control the method themselves,” he said. “Our aim is to develop an artificial-intelligence screening system to establish the person’s mental capacity. Naturally there is a lot of skepticism, especially on the part of psychiatrists.” Book your appointment now!

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[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

In my libertarian days I would've welcomed this as giving people a choice--freedom--to die how they want. But now I'm not so sure. Having an easy and socially acceptable method of suicide is sure to lead to more suicides. What's even more disconcerting is there can be pressure to suicide by family members or institutional pressure by doctors and nurses. It's easy to get older folks to agree to anything as long as you act friendly and ask leading questions. With the demographic cliff approaching there is incentive to get rid of old folks.

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I am not so sure. Old folks are a cash cow for insurance companies, doctors, and lawyers. Lots of different revenue streams, depending on wealth of the person, medical conditions, etc. Of course there are shitty kids who want daddy's money and dad might fall off his scooter into a suicide pod by accident but I do see this being marketed at whites and middle aged people. Maybe even with propaganda like "debt is wiped out when you die" or "life got you down...you can get a fresh start" with some propaganda with the church supporting an afterlife.