ITT we solve the question above us [Part 6] (866)

433 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-7578 19:17

>>432
People who would "deserve" violent premature death for the sake of humanity fall into at least one of three categories, as I see it:

• People whose atrocities were bad enough to change history reactively for the better (i.e. Hitler). Generally speaking, these people should be left completely alone because they catalyzed important positive developments for humanity equal to or greater than their atrocities. Even in the best-case scenario where the developments we can identify would have happened anyway, these people were pivotal enough that changing their lives could cause very significant and unpredictable changes to history as we know it. How lucky do you feel?

• People who simply happened to be "in charge" of a larger organization and whose death would most likely result in someone else seizing power and continuing the same thing (i.e. anyone in the Kim Dynasty) because the culture clearly supported it. I would classify assassins of major figures here too, even if they weren't leaders, because their roles would probably just be filled by someone else if they weren't there. Which is to say, these people are more an artifact/symptom of a larger systemic problem\though in carefully and strategically considered cases some of their deaths may be the wisest choices.

• People who acted largely or wholly on their own and whose atrocities were more or less insignificant in the grand scheme of things (i.e. any of many serial killers). For instance, I wouldn't argue against killing Ted Bundy, but realistically a few dozen murders don't matter in a world of billions.

I'm not ready to choose a victim; I'd prefer to take knowledge back than death. Or make a backup of the contents of the Library of Alexandria, or something along those lines.

>>434
If you didn't have to worry about affording bills, food, or healthcare, what would your ideal lifestyle consist of?

Name: Link:
Leave these fields empty (spam trap):
More options...
Verification: