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by LocalH 1472 days ago
That mindset could be used to justify all sorts of barbarism. The beginning of humanity's downfall was when we invented "society"
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Actual barbarism would impair the functioning and productivity of society. The harm in this case is so negligible that it does not matter.
Smashing one in a hundred babies to death with a frying pan wouldn't impair the functioning or productivity of society either. Seems like a pretty poor way to measure barbarism to me.