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  Emancipatory Suffering Abolitionism: A Manifesto We stand on the brink of a moral and cultural revolution as profound as any in human history. For millennia, fear, shame, and anxiety have warped our judgment, stunted our creativity, and eroded trust. These once “adaptive” burdens now serve no purpose but to impoverish our moral imagination and constrain our empathy. Today, biotechnology and neurotechnology offer us a direct path to dismantling this ancient architecture of torment. Refuse this chance, and we remain puppets on strings of fear and shame—easily pulled by politicians and advertisers into a darker, less authentic future. The choice rests with us now. Why Suffering’s Reign Must End Countless generations have bowed to the idea that suffering builds character. That myth must die. The virtues we treasure—courage, honesty, empathy—can flourish without terror and despair as their teachers. We have no duty to preserve a cruel training ground when we possess better metho...