CPRF ponders how new technology might resurrect Lenin and Stalin from the dead following deliberately “leaked” immortality discussion between Putin and Xi
Sergei Obukhov - "Business Online": about the discussion of President Putin and President Xi Jinping about immortality
Poll of the week: Do you believe Xi Jinping that people will live to be 150 years old?
This week in China, a conversation between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping about longevity was accidentally recorded. Putin said that with the development of biotechnology, people will be able to become younger and even achieve immortality. Xi Jinping continued the topic: "According to forecasts, there is a chance to live to 150 years in this century." Do you believe that in the foreseeable future a person will be able to live up to 150 years? And to achieve immortality? Would you like a future where you can prolong your life with the help of technology? "BUSINESS Online" answers Sergey Obukhov, a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, a deputy of the State Duma, a doctor of political sciences.
- For the rulers of the fate of mankind and statesmen, the problem of immortality is not an immediate topic. For example, in public discussions during the construction of the mausoleums of the founding fathers of the modern Russian Federation and China - Lenin in Moscow and Mao Zedong in Beijing - in addition to the idea of perpetuating memory, there were also motives for the possible return to life of respected leaders in the development of future technologies. So the questions about the prolongation of human life raised in the conversation between the leaders of Russia and China certainly have not only the dimension of human curiosity ("what's beyond the line?"), but also of state importance.
If we talk about political survival and longevity, Putin and Xi have already overcome the usual restrictions on longevity, which are applied in various political systems. Xi Jinping was re-elected for a third term despite decades of restrictions in the Chinese political system. Vladimir Putin is on his fifth term of leadership, having overcome the constitutional restrictions on electability "no more than two consecutive terms". In any case, thanks to their activities, President Putin and Chairman Xi have already gone down in history, have ensured immortality in the historical memory of their peoples.
Modern advances in biotechnology really open up unprecedented opportunities. I am sure that with the proper development of science, the extension of active longevity to 150 years becomes a quite achievable goal in the foreseeable future. However, the issue of physical immortality remains not only the subject of discussions in the field of futurology or spiritual search, but also in a class sense and from the point of view of social justice.
Of particular concern is the fact that the Western oligarchy considers life extension technologies as a privilege for the elect. And the formation of a layer of "oligarchic celestials" - either with an "immortal" digital "soul" or with a body infinitely repaired with the help of replaceable organs - becomes one of the signs of fascism of Western society.
Just as in the fascist Reich there was an anthropological division into two groups - "Aryans" and slaves-"untermens", and now globalists are leading humanity to schism. The first group is billions of disenfranchised consumers, users of all kinds of sharings, driven into a digital concentration camp with social ratings. The second group is a narrow layer of half-mortal owners of everything and everything.
Here, by the way, the example of David Rockefeller (1915-2017), an American billionaire and banker, who lived for 101 years and underwent several heart and kidney transplants, is particularly vivid. According to various sources, he underwent 6 or 7 heart transplants and 2 kidney transplants. Rockefeller became an example of longevity achieved thanks to modern medicine. However, it is also a clear illustration of the power of the oligarchy, which resorts to multiple transplants against the background of a shortage of donor organs and a catastrophic level of medical care in the third world. The CPRF consistently opposes this approach. The achievements of science should serve all mankind, and not become an instrument of social stratification.
Well, let's not forget about the spiritual and religious aspect of the problem of immortality. As an Orthodox Christian, Vladimir Putin certainly thinks not only in the categories of effective state management thanks to the achievements of bioengineering, but also in the categories of the primacy of eternal life for the human soul. The Bible, for example, reminds us that the many hundred years of longevity of biblical patriarchs was possible only on condition of their spiritual purity. Technological immortality outside the immortal soul, without overcoming the problem of the sinful nature of man hardly makes sense for Christians. But these are the questions that only the president himself can answer as a churched Orthodox believer.
In any case, our Russian society, which professes traditional values, including social justice, should set an example for the world and strive for a future where life extension technologies are available to all citizens and serve to strengthen the family, transfer wisdom between generations and the prosperity of the Fatherland.