Just reposting this excellent point from lemmygrad

  • Dr_Gabriel_Aby [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    That’s not how absolute monarchy works. The family line had to end or there is always a rallying cry to re instate an autocratic ruler

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      I'd argue that China is a historical counter-example. Killing children for crimes that they MIGHT commit is still just murdering children and the kind of thing that the feudalists and bourgeois engage in regularly throughout history, to the detriment of humanity.

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        • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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          1 year ago

          This, I agree with. It's easier to judge from a current perspective when not facing that danger. I do think it is important to maintain the context though, as you pointed out, the children were victims of the same system and should be treated as such. Just because an act was monstrous does not mean it may but have been necessary. And just because an act was necessary does not mean that it was not monstrous.

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            • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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              I think, as you mentioned elsewhere, this is such a situation where it's not black and white. The family had been a true blight on the people and could not be allowed to continue their rule. You are absolutely correct in that expecting cold rationality is a mistake humans are emotional creatures (something that I've had to get comfortable with myself). To me, killing a child will always be a monstrous act and being found necessary or understandable doesn't change that.

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