Right, the in universe explanation is the spread was done initially quietly and with no harm. Then they were quickly forced to spread to everyone which unfortunately caused harm.

I agree it’s not great logic, but their reasoning is they require consent for direct harm, which includes harvesting stem cells.

The bigger thing for me is the food production. Picking an orange or plucking potatoes from the ground does not do harm because those things do not have central nervous systems.

But for the remaining, they’d need stem cells which are harvested via a painful procedure, that’s the consent.

I think he lacks the good politics to make an interesting sci fi show

I’m concerned about this as well. While filmed beautifully, and an intriguing premise, it’s not prompting ethical dilemmas. More a show about loneliness and individualism.

HDP didn’t surprise me but the no picking fruit absolutely did. It felt like one of those moves where the ‘bad guys’ in a show are too reasonable/radical so the writers have them do something awful so the audience can’t side with them.

I am not a fan of guns at all. I wish we had Australia’s gun policies. Are a lot of leftists moving to the right on guns?