- A party for millennials
Across Europe, party strategists are trying to determine which arguments resonate with the young or the old.
Now, there’s a party for the millennials: not the generation of voters born around the turn of the last millennium – but those hoping to ring in the next one, in the year 3000.
Alongside mainstream parties like the Christian Democrats and Socialists, voters in Germany can choose from a host of options dedicated to vegetarianism, humanism and animal rights.
Or they might plump for an even more special-interest party – dedicated to biomedical research into rejuvenation, or stopping the ageing process entirely.
The website of the Partei für schulmedizinische Verjüngungsforschung says it will invest €40 billion a year of EU cash to give an “unlimited healthy life for everyone,” promising Europeans the chance of a lifespan of thousands of years.
Who wants to live forever? I guess we’ll find out in June.
I saw posters for that when I visited Germany a few weeks ago. Weirdest party poster I’ve ever seen
“Where do you want to live in 800 years?”
Note the name “schulmedizinische Gesundheitsforschung”. That word means something like scientific medicine. They clearly chose it so people don’t think they’re an esotericist party. But the strange thing is that Schulmedizin is a word coined by antivaxxers and natural healing folks. It’s only ever used as a slur by those people. Using this word put me off them even before I read about their ludicrous fantasy goals.
