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Re:Why not punish families? A challenge for consequentialists by WeylandYutani on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @06:10AM (#37494719)
These tactics don't work because both sides will just go colonel Kurtz and spiral into endless depravity. The CIA tried their mind ops from Vietnam to Nicaragua and their enemies never cowered.
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Re:Why not punish families? A challenge for consequentialists by bhickey on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @06:40AM (#37494927)
Yep. Look at the failure of terror bombing campaigns. Rather than demoralizing civilian populations, it hardens their resolve to fight from London to Kyiv.
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