Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have been caught on a hot mic talking about the potential of medicine to extend human life spans and "perhaps even achieve immortality".

In short:

A live-stream broadcast of China’s military parade has captured Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin discussing biotechnology’s potential to extend life.

An interpreter translating Mr Putin can be heard saying in Mandarin that human organ transplants could let “us live younger and younger, and perhaps even achieve immortality”.

Mr Xi responded that it may be possible for people to live to 150 years this century.

  • T00l_shed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    The Soviets self-governed for the length of the Cold War

    Except for the leaders of the party? How do you define self governing?

    Confederates said the same thing about William T. Sherman and Abraham Lincoln.

    Sure there were some monsters in the Union army, but they were fighting slavers, so I don’t really care for their opinion. Nor should you

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 hours ago

      Except for the leaders of the party?

      You mean the survivors of the Holocaust and resistance movement heroes that liberated their nations from brutal occupation?

      Sure there were some monsters in the Union army

      Okay buddy. Glad to know where you stand

      • T00l_shed@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 hours ago

        You mean the survivors of the Holocaust and resistance movement heroes that liberated their nations from brutal occupation

        Your original premise was that there was freedom without being ruled over, I was saying that was bullshit.

        Okay buddy. Glad to know where you stand

        Anti slavery? Yeah happy to be anti slavery haha. I’m glad to know where you stand