> The Western idea that the human is the atomic unit to be punished is not universal. The idea hasn't always been universal in the West either. In WW2, the Ger

> The Western idea that the human is the atomic unit to be punished is not universal. The idea hasn't always been universal in the West either. In WW2, the German army sometimes chose to kill the entire male population of a city in retaliation for attacks on German officers. See e.g. https://ww2gravestone.com/the-putten-raid-dutch-razzia-van-putten-october-1st-1944/ https://ww2gravestone.com/the-putten-raid-dutch-razzia-van-p...