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Pretty much the title. I've been watching more realistic super hero shows like The Boys and Invincible. The reoccurring themes is that with great power comes great immorality.

I think it's easy for us normies to respect other people and their property because there are clear consequences for violating social norms. But what would the average person do if they had super powers?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes but I would take out every dictator on earth I could before. A knife and a bicycle, go right over the DMZ and then make sure Putin gets his.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See for me it'd just be the richest 1% of people in the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You would never be able to enjoy it or explain how you got it. Someone would eventually noticed all this money went missing from a bank and there is some rando with all this money with the same serial numbers on it spending.

I like my plan. You could even leave notes on the dead bodies of the dictators. Or leave warnings. Imagine Winnie the Pooh blinks and there is a knife on his desk with a note telling him that you want the genocide to stop.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think he's just saying he would assassinate the richest 1%, as opposed to just robbing them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh. Well nothing of value would be lost.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am sure the knife would dull and the bicycle would wear... so, some loss.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

But switching out the knife would not be ecological. the last 100 billionaires would probably prefer a spoon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A tool that gets worn from use is never a loss.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you missed me. Richest 1% in the world. Which would include dictators.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An also a lot of middle-class western people. 1% of the world's population is about 80 million people.

You'd have to go down to 0.001% to only target the ultra-wealthy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nah, I'm fine offing upper middle class considering their Republican voting trend.