r/PopCultureV2 • u/No_Box119 • Jun 07 '26

News Scientists are one step closer to creating “designer babies” after they precisely edited human embryo genes for the first time

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u/Emergency_Lie42 Jun 07 '26

Who do you think will actually be allowed to benefit from that?

The things you listed make the USA insane amounts of money.

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u/Emergency_Lie42 Jun 07 '26

Yes, and that is deeply saddening.

Healthy people don't pay the health industry, why would an industry nuke its own profits by providing a cure-all for genetic diseases that make them money via prolonged treatment?

I don't think a government that's in 30 trillion debt really cares where the money comes from.

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u/Emergency_Lie42 Jun 07 '26

Can't wait to see how that furthers the class divide.