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    11 months ago

    I think for many people it’s probably the “just desserts” factor of our barbaric system hurting somebody who was a very barbaric cog in that very system.

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      11 months ago

      While I certainly understand the concept of schadenfreude, I don’t think it should be built into our systems, and that doing so is an unjust, unethical failure on our ability to govern ourselves.

      We know this system does more harm than good but enable it because yeah, it does feel great when bad things happen to shitty people.