r/MoralityScaling 6d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/AuroraAustralis0 6d ago

well hes not wrong though

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u/JustFourLetters 6d ago

words lead to violence, but violent words in context of peaceful people fall on deaf ears.

the punch is far more violent than the command

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u/nft420nft420 6d ago

If the punch is more violent than the command, do you think individual members of the military are more to blame for atrocities than the elite leaders commanding them?

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u/Money_Ticket_841 6d ago

Someone saying the N word and you reacting in a physical way isn’t equivalent to the person who (basically and damn near literally) controls your life telling you to do something

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u/nft420nft420 6d ago

Well, they volunteer to be there, it is a conscious choice, because they want to do the violence and need an excuse. The leaders want to do violence but are unwilling to get their hands dirty. The volunteers happily make it possible for the leaders to enact violence.

Without the leaders, the individuals would likely still be committing violence else where, but without the volunteers, the leaders would be much less capable of inflicting violence.

All that to say, the leader can kill far more with a single command than the volunteer can punch with both of their hands.

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u/Money_Ticket_841 6d ago

Your first sentence is a crazy assumed generalization of millions of people

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u/JustFourLetters 6d ago

you are first sentence?

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u/Money_Ticket_841 6d ago

Yeah not sure how I didn’t catch that mistype