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Every time genocide comes up online, someone eventually says a version of the same thing.

"At least Thanos was merciful."

They mean it was quick.

They mean it was painless.

They mean it didn’t single anyone out.

Half of everyone. No hatred. No suffering. Just… gone.

And I understand why that sounds humane.

But today, I want to sit with an uncomfortable question:

What if the thing that makes Thanos feel merciful

is the same thing that made real-world extermination machines so effective?

There was a place built for one purpose only.

Not labor. Not punishment.

Just disappearance.

Its name was Treblink ...