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I know it's a myth, but this is just the late stage capitalism equivalent of the Spartans casting away weak children and every eugenics program ever.

Either Benji (the kid in the article) gets the help they need to be part of our society or they don't.

Who are we?

You know there's a middle ground between killing unhealthy babies and unlimited lifetime help and therapy for everyone.

There isn't an unlimited supply of mental health professionals either.

Who are we? Hopefully someone who can have a reasonable discussion without resorting to reductionist rhetoric of the extremes.

And there are always people standing in the middle ground deciding "objectively" who lives or dies. Sometimes that middle is the problem.