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The correct question is not this, but the counterfactual: "How many more civilians around the world would have been killed without this country's influence?"
by joshuahedlund 3y ago
The correct question is not this, but the counterfactual: "How many more civilians around the world would have been killed without this country's influence?"
- l0b0 3y agoWhich is literally impossible to answer, because we don't have access to counterfactual statistics.
- mandmandam 3y agoThis is almost whimsical in its absurdity. "I know we've killed millions with torture, cruel sanctions, and pollution - but we had to! Because if we hadn't, where would we all be?!" A stable middle east, climate change accords, fewer refugees and less pollution. 8 trillion extra dollars to spend on becoming 100% renewable while literally ending homelessness and world hunger. The humanity! ... It's like that scene where Lionel Hutz imagines a world without lawyers. Funny, but sad.