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Wonder how many times this has been done with humans throughout history
by jimmyed 5y ago
Wonder how many times this has been done with humans throughout history
- jdavis703 5y agoWhen America was trying to install a “democratic” government in Iraq there were a series of assassinations. In that case however the situation eventually stabilized. So that strategy is only as good as your opponents will. And it turns out there’s a lot of men who are willing to throw away their life in the hope of the power, money and prestige of being the top boss.
- polishdude20 5y agoI wouldnt be so quick to say they're throwing their life away. Imagine being in a group with a tyrannical boss. Installing yourself as the boss may actually help save your life and ensure a future for you and your community/tribe.
- cgriswald 5y agoRegardless, I wonder if there's a lot of men is the key factor here. Even if a reasonable fraction of a percent of the population isn't deterred by previous assassinations for a population in the millions, that's still a lot of replacements. The replacement rate of that subset of the population is almost certainly higher than the assassination rate.
- fellowniusmonk 5y agoI don't doubt that gambling it all for power, money and prestige is the most frequent motivation, but I think you do humanity a disservice when you don't also include principled... weirdos that believe things and count the cost do exist within the human race.
- Wiseacre 5y agoThe assassinations in the 60s serve as examples.
- to1y 5y agoThere's no equivalency.
- rjsw 5y agoProbably taught in the first week at the School of the Americas [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_for_Security_Cooperation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_f...
- tejtm 5y agoIt appears to contribute to our decreasing brain size for the last 17k years.