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Not all empathy is good. Don’t waste it on people who wouldn’t slow down if they ran you over.

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[-] Sterile_Technique@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

We have a tendency to conflate a person's life with a person's traits and impact, which brings about an unnecessary moral grey area when a shitty person bites the dust.

Dude was a parasite on humanity. His greed was a boot on the neck for all but a select few. Him dying obviously means we lost a human life - no one's celebrating that; but it also represents the excision of a parasite and relief from the damage he caused, and THAT is absolutely a good thing!

Now if the other oligarchs would just follow in his steps...

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