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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
by 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 agoNot 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 agoI 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/