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[โ€“] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that sort of dystopian sci-fi tech is completely unfeasible though. People just aren't different enough genetically (and our immune systems aren't different enough) that any attempt at creating a supervirus that infects only a single ethnic group just flat out wouldn't work, and would just target people indiscriminately.

[โ€“] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, but the way defense procurement works they could probably make billions of dollars on the grift that they can make a genetically targetable virus. Just look at those ridiculous Littoral Combat Ships that are being decommissioned only a few years after rolling out of the shipyard.