thu2111 says "Who is saying they want to kill half the population?!"
He's speaking of mostly apparent desire, not what people have explicitly said (although it is sometimes explicitly said, too). On the surface it would seem to be political suicide to say one wanted, for example,
- all Trump supporters, or
- all woke activists, or
- all conspiracy theorists, or
- all Democrats, or
- all Republicans, or
- all blacks or all whites or all LGBTQ+ etc.
(pick a group)
to be dead. But there is plenty of such talk going around and it is not always cancelled or censored by FAANG and it is sometimes even encouraged. I believe that the OP's observation is correct about a significant part of the population.
Political affiliation and religious affiliation are both beliefs. Wars have been/are being fought over beliefs. There are plenty of quotes by various parties suggesting what should be done with unbelievers at all times through history.
At bottom, isn't everything we know really belief?
He's speaking of mostly apparent desire, not what people have explicitly said (although it is sometimes explicitly said, too). On the surface it would seem to be political suicide to say one wanted, for example,
- all Trump supporters, or
- all woke activists, or
- all conspiracy theorists, or
- all Democrats, or
- all Republicans, or
- all blacks or all whites or all LGBTQ+ etc.
(pick a group)
to be dead. But there is plenty of such talk going around and it is not always cancelled or censored by FAANG and it is sometimes even encouraged. I believe that the OP's observation is correct about a significant part of the population.
Political affiliation and religious affiliation are both beliefs. Wars have been/are being fought over beliefs. There are plenty of quotes by various parties suggesting what should be done with unbelievers at all times through history.
At bottom, isn't everything we know really belief?