"The crazy" being prevented in that sentence is the life of nearly every sentient being.

That's not true. Just the the life of any sentient being that is not incorporated into the sacred timelines.

Okay, fine "most of the lives of every sentient being." As Douglas Adams said, the major problem of time travel is grammar.

That rounds to "all sentient beings" for any level of approximation you choose to pick.

Also rounds to "no sentient beings"

Is their life really "ended" if there is still an infinite number of them in other timelines? I'm kind-of joking, but once you start contemplating the multiverse things stop making much sense.

It's not made super clear but it seems the TVA does not destroy every branching timeline. By extension we can arguably infer that infinite copies of "everybody" still exist, just in a smaller set of timelines (the ones the TVA allows to exist). So, if they've erased an infinite amount of life, but also an infinite amount of life still exists, then what actually happened?

By unilaterally deciding the “right” timeline and purging living beings who don’t fit in lol

Also let’s not forget kidnapping, gaslighting, and erasing people’s memories!

Exactly. There is an underlying narrative that goes almost unquestioned that Some Evil is necessary to prevent a Greater Evil. That's how we get things like the fucking Patriot Act and this new "TikTok Ban".

> There is an underlying narrative that goes almost unquestioned that Some Evil is necessary to prevent a Greater Evil. That's how we get things like the fucking Patriot Act ….

There was an awful lot of questioning about the Patriot Act; it just got shouted down. I'm sure there is as much questioning today, it's just that the people who prefer you not question things have got better at shouting you down (or, well, more than shouting).