• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    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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      6 hours ago

      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.

      • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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        14 minutes ago

        Perhaps, but then you kill that person and the power vacuum that is now created is likely to attract someone so much worse. There is no guarantee the next person will be better than the current one, and if the next one is worse, it would be your doing.

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        2 hours ago

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

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          5 hours ago

          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.