• binarytobis@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      Seriously. Also, I can’t imagine what good people I would write down after being corrupted by power that would outweigh the first three names I would choose immediately after getting the book.

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      Same as the death penalty IRL. You can’t know that person x is guilty and that person x not existing will make things better.

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        Counterpoint - you can know if leader of country x is guilty of killing others if they say they’ve done it quite openly and want to do more of it.

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          Killing a leader doesn’t get rid of the position of power that enabled their misdeeds.

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            Deathnote can kill in any way you want as long as it’s realistic. Not sure how they’d figure it out. Which means that at some point people will start to think divine intervention, especially if ending the war stops the heart attacks / eagle attacks / flag poles falling on said leader, or whatever other symbolism you’d choose.