Did the OP suggest anything about the aliens that would lead you to assume things like this? No. I suggest you make your own thread where the alien's honesty is questionable. However, in this thread, the all the aliens do is remove crime and disease. Crime can objectively be determined, so don't give me all this bullshit about them "stopping us from doing whatever they think is bad."
The OP was pretty clear that the aliens would attempt to eliminate prejudice. Do you know how many parts of our society could be considered prejudice by an objective observer? Take elitism, for example. While it can be harmful when misplaced, without a certain amount of elitism, much of our government and society would collapse. I suppose what society would take its place could be better, from some points of view, but it would be very, very different.
Our society sucks ass compared to theirs. I don't want to live in an imperfect, crime-ridden society. I want to live in a Utopia, and I don't want to have to fight for it. I'm a fucker, not a fighter.
A matter of choice, I suppose. If offered a geniune Utopia, than I would certainly take it, but this scenario does not strike me as one.
No, freedom is the right to do what you want. In a society, you can't do things that impinge on other's rights to freedom, so you really can't have ultimate freedom, but who wants that anyways?
We have a different definition of "ultimate freedom." Certainly, I am in favor of a highly structured society, but I would prefer to be in one that could be reformed or even restarted if things, for whatever reason, started going south.
So? It's better than being a human.
That's what I said. To accept this scenario, you give up your humanity. I'm not saying that is necissarily such a horrible thing in this case, but I do have my doubts.
That core element of me is responsible for any selfish and bad tendencies I have. The part of me that is always trying to struggle and is restless is my worst part, and is no longer necessary in a Utopia. I'd relish losing that part of me.
The human impulse to struggle is also the root of our creativity and imagination. Without it, even in paradise, we would simply be mindless capsules of enjoyment. Certainly, it is not such a terrible existance, but I prefer a world where I am free to dream, even if I would have to give up actually living in a dream.
How does the sudden irrelevance of history cause harm, anyways?
Since you reject my interpritation of humanity, for you, I guess it doesn't.
Don't ask me, ask DEATH. He made this scenario. I guess it just shows the benevolence of the aliens.
I still say its a cop-out.
