• Benjaben@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      It’s funny, I had the opposite reaction, I see this as pretty strong evidence of our decency. It’s really, really hard to get most people to behave this way, and the ones who do wind up fucked up from it (as they should).

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        True. It’s hard to make people kill, but it’s much too hard to teach soldiers to refuse an amoral order.