>> War aside, what’s an example of innocent lives being sacrificed for some sort of greater good that got omitted from official history? Example 1: Vaccines

>> War aside, what’s an example of innocent lives being sacrificed for some sort of greater good that got omitted from official history? Example 1: Vaccines This is an interesting example because the winners and losers seem to be proportionately spread across almost all of society (except anti-Vaxxers who benefit from herd immunity but don't sacrifice with the minute risk of vaccines). See also: https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/index.html https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/index.html Example 2: War on Crime / Safety Another example would be the war on crime. Liberties and lives are sacrificed in the name of safety for others. Unfortunately, the liberty/lives sacrificed fall disproportionately into one group, and those protected fall disproportionately into a different group group. If you look at the 2nd order effects (impoverishment, single-parent households, effects on education and future) lots more lives are lost, again in a subset of society.