More to the point, we are lucky that the worst we were greeted with was kidnapping and enforced enslavement. Not to make light of such things, but among possible alternatives we could have been immediately confronted with, that at least has a more—attainable solution.
[ It's easier to deal with flesh-and-blood men than undead cancerous slave engines built from universal abstracts. As a hypothetical that was not really hypothetical at one point. ]
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[ #sarcasm. ]
More to the point, we are lucky that the worst we were greeted with was kidnapping and enforced enslavement. Not to make light of such things, but among possible alternatives we could have been immediately confronted with, that at least has a more—attainable solution.
[ It's easier to deal with flesh-and-blood men than undead cancerous slave engines built from universal abstracts. As a hypothetical that was not really hypothetical at one point. ]