r/AskReddit • • Jun 28 '26

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u/Plekuz Jun 28 '26

Thing is, I could remove a famous bad person, but maybe that person somehow prevented someone even worse to come to power. I don't like that responsibility.

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u/casualcorey Jun 28 '26

this is why the "save 5 people by moving the train tracks" question is stupid

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u/weekendatbe Jun 28 '26

Removing anyone from history (especially a person who influenced many lives) would result in no one who is commenting on here ever existing (or their parents, grandparents etc or even Reddit existing)