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I wish that suffering was minimised across every being capable of suffering, and then, keeping suffering at a mimimum, pleasure was maximised across all beings capable of experiencing pleasure (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Everything capable of suffering dies.

The few things that fit the latter condition die of starvation, some time later.