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[–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I've been trying to reframe things like this in my mind.

Instead of contemplating if the world would be better if they were gone, I tell myself that my wish would be for them to just be a good person.

I'm not trying to be righteous. But I think, framed like that, a good person would choose the latter. And if it really came down the power to disappear somebody, I think most people would err on the side of good.

But retribution and vengeance are strong in our lizard brains.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Ya if you kill muskrat then someone else fills his place. Instead, if we’re talking magic, let him become a truly generous and benevolent person and spend his wealth recreating our economy to solve world hunger or some such thing

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