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Originally posted by Annebonannie
Well, if the immortals among us were to live forever, yet grow and age normally, it wouldn't be too long before that immortality were irrelevant anyway, their bodies becoming decrepit and minds feeble and wasted. A lot of folks might think "Wow, it would be fantastic to live forever. I'd do this thing and that thing, become wealthy..." But what if that immortality turned out to be a short mayfly moment of lucidity and the remainder an eternal persistent vegetative state?
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Well, I kinda figured that if a person didn't die of old age, then at some point they'd stop aging, too, since aging is the cause of dying of old age. Plus, in all the movies where there are immortals, the characters don't grow old. Besides, it's no fun if they're withered vegetables.
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Originally posted by Undertoad
I think that a group of immortals would probably form their own society after a while, preferring to live amongst each other than with anyone mortal.
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That definitely sounds right, although I don't see how they'd create their own society without the land to live on. Most of the big continents have already been occupied for quite some time. They'd have to form an army, risk their lives, invade some other country, and force it's current residents out. It seems to me that, like most people, they'd already have quite an attachment to the country they grew up in. It's probably more likely that they would attempt to attain an iron grip on the politics of their own country. The long years would give them plenty of time to become wealthy, and of course that money would help them buy whatever laws they want. In effect, they would become like an "upper class". They wouldn't be superheros by any means. They'd be just like all the rich old white men who control things today, only they wouldn't look all wrinkled and grey. Because they'd control all the politics, they'd have enormous power to effectively veto up-and-coming cultural trends that did not agree with their own morality.
I do think there might be a sort of predjudice or elitism that would develop. Regular people would be seen as inferior and child-like. I don't think they would hate them, they'd just think they were better than them. Sorta like how my mom treats me, magnified by a thousand.