China should have killed Puyi, he didn’t deserve to live. Like I get the Russians killed the Romanovs out of necessity but looking back on it now regicide really was the best decision. And you know, I’m not saying this because I want ALL monarchies to die, like the Hawaiian monarchy gets critical support from me. Like I’m judging Puyi on an individual case, I don’t think he should have died because he was a monarch, I think he should have died because he was directly responsible for collaborating with the Japanese government killing millions of Chinese.
idk he didn't seem to cause any harm afterwards, so who cares?
if we're talking about abstract ideas like justice, it seems using him as a teachable moment has a lot more utility than just killing him.
you may be interested in castro's take on post-revolution justice, i think he talks about it in his autobiography