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> the state would never willingly give up its human capital on that scale The same state that sends its youth off to die in wars? Or that executes them when it

• bongobingo1 4y ago
• Lammy 4y ago
  An unwinnable war still benefits the state if it helps maintain hegemony over their ~⅓ of the world's public consciousness. Oceania was at war with Eastasia: Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.
• throwaway742 4y ago
  Obviously war can benefit the state so it becomes a simple cost benefit analysis. Execution does seem to be irrational when you could instead force them into a lifetime of involuntary servitude.
  • smallerfish 4y ago
    Not arguing for it, but the scale of execution is insignificant in comparison to suicide. Suicides in the US (where assisted suicide is illegal): 45,979 (with 1.2M attempts) Executions in the US: 17
    • swores 4y ago
      I assume you're giving numbers from one specific year? I'm not asking to imply you've cherry picked numbers, just that giving stats like that (number of actions for a country with no defined time period) is only telling half the story, and even though that half was enough to make your point I think the other half is worth including for the sake of curiosity :) edit: yes seems to be 2020, search of that suicides number pointed to e.g. https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/ https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/