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If that is a fear, then maybe don't kill him until he actually has done the thing you fear. Killing somebody before they do the bad thing seems like killing peo
by ImJamal 2y ago
If that is a fear, then maybe don't kill him until he actually has done the thing you fear. Killing somebody before they do the bad thing seems like killing people for thought crimes.
- trealira 2y agoYes, if you're scared of somebody becoming a dictator, obviously you should wait until they actually become a dictator before trying to kill them, or else you're being like the government from Orwell's book 1984. That's just a silly argument.
- ImJamal 2y agoPlenty of people think Biden is a dictator. Plenty of people thought Obama and Bush were dictators. Killing people before they actually become a dictator would mean every president for the last several decades would be assassinated.
- trealira 2y agoThe answer should then be to get a better judgement of who is likely to become dictator, not to say "wait until they become dictator first." Like, if you really think they're going to be dictator, it would be best to stop them before they become one; it's harder to oppose a dictator once they fully control the government. It's for that reason that people say they would go back in time to kill Hitler. That's why I'm calling your argument silly.
- ImJamal 2y agoPlenty of people say we should glass Gaza to kill all the terrorists as well. Killing people who haven't done anything yet is wrong.
- trealira 2y agoI suppose you aren't among those people who would go back in time to kill Hitler before he becomes dictator, then.
- ImJamal 2y agoCorrect. I don't believe in killing people before they do anything wrong. I really can't believe people think that it is fine to kill innocent people because they may turn bad. There is also the possibility that you cause Hitler (see the Twilight Zone episode "Cradle of Darkness").
- Thiez 2y agoWe should probably kill the people advocating genocide and the use of nuclear weapons first.
- bamboozled 2y agoSeems kind of stupid? The point of a dictator is that you can't get rid of them if you don't like them. Ask Chinese and North Korean people, maybe try going to live there if you like it?
- ImJamal 2y agoSo we should just kill anybody we fear may become a dictator? Every president might become a dictator so we should kill all of them?
- bamboozled 2y agoNo, but you should definitely not vote for them.