Not quite sure what your problem with this is. The people who paid for it weren't all absurdly rich (it doesn't cost an utter fortune) and the people who run it do so willingly and often with great motivation because many of them also have a personal curiosity stake in seeing if they can make it work somehow. I've seen and read interviews with staff at cryopreservation organizations and companies (particularly Alcor). They're far, far from slaves to rich oligarchs and many of them love their work and are very interested in its technical aspects.
There's nothing revolting to wanting to see if by some change in technology or chance, you can live longer than normal, or be revived, so long as you're not taking from someone elses life or well-being to do so.
Also, the electrical requirements behind these services are miniscule compared to those of many, many other at least as frivolous (and i'd say often more frivolous things, some of which people right on this site earn their money from.
It's stunning how many people extrapolate their own completely emotional, subjective reactions to certain things that do them no harm into wanting to destroy or stop them.
There's nothing revolting to wanting to see if by some change in technology or chance, you can live longer than normal, or be revived, so long as you're not taking from someone elses life or well-being to do so.
Also, the electrical requirements behind these services are miniscule compared to those of many, many other at least as frivolous (and i'd say often more frivolous things, some of which people right on this site earn their money from.
It's stunning how many people extrapolate their own completely emotional, subjective reactions to certain things that do them no harm into wanting to destroy or stop them.