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- on ah yes in c/animemes@ani.social · 2d ago
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on ah yes in c/animemes@ani.social · 3d ago
I dunno. They defaulted to a lack of empathy with those affected by their actions and got defensive when challenged on that. That seems like it could be enough to spiral like JK Rowling when put in a similar position of power and public scrutiny. With similarly catastrophic results - if not more so, given the power of the death note.
(And to clarify: I don’t think they’re a terrible person. Most people have issues that, if expanded to horrifying scale by a weapon of mass destruction like the Death Note, would lead to horrible outcomes. Given what little interaction with them I’ve seen, I just don’t think they’re an exception).
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on ah yes in c/animemes@ani.social · 3d ago
Getting murdered sucks. Being friends or family of someone who got murdered sucks. Using the Death Note inflicts great suffering.
As long as the Death Note user remains anonymous they can avoid any sort of accountability, while they can hold others accountable to whatever standards they wish. Using the Death Note creates inequality between the holder and everyone else.
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on ah yes in c/animemes@ani.social · 4d ago
The issue is that with a death note, you’re a global power structure that feeds off inequality and suffering now.
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on ah yes in c/animemes@ani.social · 4d ago
Yeah, and dictators, of course. And rapists that got away with it because corruption. And people that participate in genocide. And people that deliberately cause famine to cause genocide. And CEOs of companies that murder people through their policies and actions. And major shareholders of those companies that are pulling the strings. And…
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on Should I be worried, as an individual, of the Autistici / Inventati precedent? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk · 4 Sep 2026
First they targeted jews,
Funny thing about that. The famous poem actually starts “first they came for the communists”, because that’s what happened historically.
Okay, but maybe that doesn’t count because they came for the communists before 1933, when Germany was still a liberal democracy. Besides, communism and socialism and trade unions are all political choices, they’re not minority identities. They don’t count.
Well, in that case it would be “first they came for the queers”. They didn’t even get a line in the poem for some reason, but they should have. The Nazis treated queer people worse sooner than Jews. Destruction of gathering sites, book burnings, murders, mass imprisonment, attempted genocide, whatever category of mistreatment you consider it by, queers were hit before Jews. And this all started rolling out in 1933, just after the Nazis gained power.
The idea that the Nazis came for the Jews first is a very deliberate liberal-imperialist lie, an attempt to erase every part of Nazi oppression that western imperialists also enjoy partaking in.
Because that’s the unfortunate truth. There is no line separating our societies from fascist ones. No moment you read the news and go “oh my god they’re doing something they’ve never done before”. Because they are already treating so many people horribly and we do not speak out. From the slaves that make our products to the migrants escaping regions our militaries keep unstable.
Either you wait until it’s too late and the fascists come for you, or you fight against liberal imperialism. Those are your only options.
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on Should I be worried, as an individual, of the Autistici / Inventati precedent? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk · 4 Sep 2026
people got sick of ambulances being blocked on the streets
I’ve heard this used as baseless right-wing propaganda against Extinction Rebellion Netherlands, which does always coordinate with emergency services.
So do you have a source on Code Rood actually failing to do that? Or are you just spouting right-wing lies?
Exactly. It is hard to feel sorry for people who have done horrible things and whom the world would be better off without. It’s hard for a Marxist-Leninist to feel sorry for the petit bourgeoisie. It’s hard for a liberal to feel sorry for criminals. It’s hard for you to feel sorry for rich people.
The question is how freely the list of people you don’t feel sorry for grows as you make a business out of murdering people, ignoring the anguish of their friends and family, and dismissing reports on the negative consequences of their death as propaganda.
The list could expand ahead of you so fast you never have a crisis of conscience. You could hit boundaries that dissuade you temporarily but which you abandon after you’ve grown more cynical. You could actually have solid boundaries in many areas but still have some where the list grows to massive proportions. Or you could cause changes in the world that lead to more people you don’t feel sorry for.
The ease with which you dismiss these concerns make me think the expansion of your list will not be bounded.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.