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by lethoso 1860 days ago
Future kids aren't your kid though. It is human to be self-interested.
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If we can agree the act is in self-interest, and we can agree that society has a role to play in disincentivizing certain self-interested actions that harm the greater good, then we can agree that society should apply those disincentives to ransoms.