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I can't deny that and maybe would even agree with that as an abstract theory, but I just can't stomach the amount of misery and death that would come along with
by slg 1y ago
I can't deny that and maybe would even agree with that as an abstract theory, but I just can't stomach the amount of misery and death that would come along with this to ever use a word like "hope" to describe that outcome.
- rhetocj23 1y ago[dead]
- slg 1y agoI don't think this line of thinking has any merit. Genocides have happened before and yet modern genocides still make me sad for humanity and I wish we did a better job preventing them.
- rhetocj23 1y ago[flagged]
- slg 1y ago>people like you post and talk about it but take no real action. Jumping to this type of insult based purely on your own fabricated narrative about me does nothing but further justify my last comment calling out your worldview.
- tomhow 11mo ago> Boo hoo they make you sad We've banned this account for repeatedly posting abusive comments and ignoring our requests to stop. If you don't want to be banned, you can email us at hn@ycombinator.com and demonstrate a sincere commitment to observing the guidelines and using the site as intended.
- mathgeek 1y agoI don’t know if it’s reasonable or not to wish that, as an analogy, the German people had started a true civil war with the Nazis when they seized power. I can see how folks would wonder though.
- actionfromafar 1y agoGermany was not the hub of the world back then. Very different situations.
- mathgeek 1y agoYes, that is what an analogy is... > A similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar. A comparison based on such similarity.