Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by AbrahamParangi on Saturday June 24, 2023 @08:59PM
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Probably the strongest argument against the death penalty in general.
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Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by mhb on Saturday June 24, 2023 @09:00PM
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Not really. It's the same argument for making any punishment proportional to the crime.
Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday June 25, 2023 @01:55AM
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> Not really
Really. It's a threshold problem. If the penalty for shoplifting is death, and the penalty for a massacre is death, a good number of sociopathic shoplifters will gamble for freedom via massacre. (It's rational.)
It's why dictatorships consistently flame out. If there is no peaceful transition of power, losing power means death. That incentivises a dictator on the edge to take risks that otherwise make no sense because even a minute chance of success is worth it.
In the context of a Russian revolution, this animates concerns around our species' first nuclear civil war.