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Any ideology can resort to extreme measures with the right justifications.
By reverting them to presapients, they aren't killing, the former empire will be allowed to live out its existence in blissful ignorance. Not only does this end unnecessary violence (they are animals now and will only do what is natural), but it also doesn't harm them, at least in a way they'll be able to understand.
Even the most righteous cause can be subverted by corruption and extremism. At the risk of sounding a bit preachy, there is no such thing as a fundamentally moral ideology.
Actions, not ideals are what determines virtue and vice.
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There were also notes of environmentalism taken to an extreme. I tried to get all basic resources (from planets anyway) from rangers and move all industry into space. One of my favorites was to turn an entire planet into a nature reserve, then build out an orbital ring with habitat modules and make those reserves too to represent the only sapient presence other than rangers being on the ring. Other sapient species obviously did not share this extreme reverence for nature and thus needed to become part of it.
This is a tad off topic though, so I won't elaborate any further.
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Extreme version of pacifism is to not even defend against genocide.
Yes, but they are using some extreme methods of aggression, which is very not pacifists. Global pacifier is the thing I can somehow agree with since it only removes whole planets from conflict, but devolution beam allows for conquering those planets.
Antinatalists take it one step further. They fight against the death of humans by not giving birth to more humans.
I'm doing my best to counteract the sociopolitical debate happening in the Stellaris meme thread by completely ignoring it and posting memes before we get the thread closed for veering off topic. So here's one by an unknown artist.
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When you want to purge Xenos, but Mr. Pancakes is a authoritarian fanatic xenophile
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Knowing what murder machines cats are, I think Mr. Pancakes might actually want to personally hunt down the xenos instead.
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Cats and humans are one of the few animals on this planet that like to kill for fun...
Reminds me of this comic by Raplh Ruthe (german comedian and cartoon artist):When you want to purge Xenos, but Mr. Pancakes is a authoritarian fanatic xenophile
Jesus: "The earth is descending into chaos! Why aren't you doing something?"
God: "How? The cat is sleeping."
ruthe.de • Willkommen
gott jesus himmel religion katze haustier hund schoss schoß schlafen wolken vater sohn streit welt erde krieg hungersnot krankheit ungerechtigkeit bibel koran
ruthe.de
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When you want to purge Xenos, but Mr. Pancakes is a authoritarian fanatic xenophile
"These xenos are not yours to slaughter"?
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Yes. If we ignore lot of other animals, then yes.
Like Hippos that kills just because. They don't even need to practice their skills since they are herbivores.
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With apologies to Garak, "Lying Killing is a skill like any other, and if you want to maintain a level of excellence, you have to practice constantly (even if you aren't hungry right at that moment)."
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Promise: Dramatic Changes to the Economic System!
Feels Like:
(Jokes, I know it's more than that)
Feels Like:
(Jokes, I know it's more than that)
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