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If we should have to watch it, it should be beamed in to the fucking brains of the rich and powerful. They should personally feel every civilian death.
Imagine the absolute utopia we would live in if every person would feel the pain of others.
This is the somewhat harrowing conclusion Mr lem comes to in the cyberiad when confronting this same issue in one of the short stories.
Not to say anything against the sentiment, I largely agree just found it noteworthy. Especially if you've never heard of them give them a read/listen.
This is the first Cyberiad reference I've seen in the wild. Such a great book