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> It would be sensible to sacrifice the well-being of a small group in order to save the whole, if it's necessary to do so.

Your confidently declared decree of fact here suggests that you have some sort of god view that allows you to see all possible outcomes and interactions in all possible worlds.

It's also possible that sacrificing the people who actually know how to make things in order to facilitate profit and ego will lead to the annihilation of the society.



Indeed. I don't think it's actually necessary here, hence why I think they should fix this.




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