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by ijpsud 2273 days ago
It's also hard to make a strong case for it not being a significant factor, even with cherry picking.

In any case, even if killing someone's family members just so happened to help increase their country's GDP in the long run, that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be compensated the killing of their family.

When thinking about what we "should" do here, we're really just thinking about what policies would create the most ideal incentives in service of creating a better world in the long run.