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[–] DelusionalHominids [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Destroy humanity? Nah. But I do think that if the obesity epidemic continues to worsen, they will eventually help to bring about a societal collapse which results in hams experiencing one of the following fates:

  1. Worst case scenario, outright starving to death or dying from dehydration because they can't be mobile enough to find edible food and drinkable water.
  2. Slimming down because they can no longer access an abundant flow of cheap food.
  3. Dying from not being able to receive the medical care and medications which ordinarily would help to keep them alive.

Obviously if we reach the point where these scenarios are happening, it isn't just fat people who are going to suffer. Almost everyone to some degree would be having trouble. But the good news is that being fat won't be possible anymore for the vast majority of people for at least a good long while.

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[–] Carsandsarcasm ago 

Maybe "destroy humanity" was a little dramatic. When this collapse happens, and I agree that will happen, I fear there won't be enough capable people to keep the world ticking over otherwise. This collapse is likely to happen at around 85-90% overweight and maybe 60-70% obese. There is going to be a significant portion of the population who are bed bound, "disabled," claiming benefits, unable to do the physical jobs, and unwilling to do the less physically demanding jobs well. Realistically, the world won't be able to completely ignore them. We will be unable to adequately support them, but huge resources are going to be sunk into them during this transition/collapse. The amount of money being drawn to them and not being produced by them will affect everything else that needs money. It will have the economic effect of a war. Coming through it will be a tough recovery.

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[–] DelusionalHominids [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I wouldn't absolutely say that a collapse is inevitable. The obesity epidemic may miraculously begin to lessen, or perhaps some new technology, shift in policy, or other development will somehow change the world enough to make the problem irrelevant to our economic and geopolitical well-being.

Assuming a collapse does happen, the way to come through something like that is for those who are able to work to be able to collectively and individually refuse to support those who cannot work because they have a debilitating condition which is totally preventable and reversible. Right now, we could easily save hundreds of billions of dollars annually if we simply stopped accommodating and caring for fat people. We're currently feeding the tumor that's slowly killing us. If we reach a point of societal collapse, at that time, we will be simply unable to support the overweight population any longer. So it won't be a question of "should we be helping them?". It's not going to be a viable option any more.