I'll start, I missed the outdoor cats struggle session so i don't know what its deal was except a vague idea that outdoor cats were bad, so I've let my two cats stay being outdoor cats because I feel bad locking them inside, like I want to give them some experience of freedom to go where they please so they can live more fulfilling lives
Edit: also kruschev is imo a lot better than most hexbear users give him credit for
Depends on what they did and how compliant they are initially. Like China's proud of rehabilitating Emperor Puyi, even though the guy was a war criminal. Despite that he was cooperative with the new government and he was put through like a personal psychodrama where he was forced to meet with victims of the Japanese occupation. They did this to him for decades.
Convenience is the real answer. If they're responsible for genocide and have powerful allies elsewhere in the world, no good can come from keeping them alive. If they're not cooperative and keep agitating fellow reactionaries, then get rid of them. I guess there's a risk of turning them into martyrs, but there are probably ways around that. Like how the Soviets burned the corpses of Nazi officials so there wouldn't be graves.
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Yeah, in the case of the Romanov family, other countries were foaming at the mouth for an excuse to invade the USSR. Restoring the old royal family was one of the justifications.
It's hard to restore a royal family if the entirety of them are dead.
There are still Romanovs in my country who host teenage summer camps or something. The west-euros would've definitely invaded Russia to reestablish their cousins.