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A two panel Comic.

First panel is set somewhere in the middle ages in south america. A child is sacrificed on an altar.

The people observing this say: why do we have to kill kids? - it's not a "killing", it's a "sacrifice". - if we didn't sacrifice kids the rain god will be mad… - … and the rain may stop falling… - … and our crops would stop growing … - …and we'll starve to death!

Second panel is modern day street scene, a dead child is lifted into an ambulance, a crushed tricycle left on the road.

The people observing this say: why do we have to kill kids? - it's not a "killing", it's a "car accident". - if we motorists had to drive slower, it would hurt car sales… - … and the economy would be upset… - … and we'll all lose our jobs… - …and we'll starve to death!

I did not see this banger of a comic on here, so have it, please

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 35 points 3 days ago

It's a systemic problem tolerated by society as the cost of society... even though it's not intractable, or even unthinkable.

The fault doesn't lie with the motorist like it lies with the wielder of the sacrificial knife, sure; but in both cases the system is set up to kill kids, and it's society as a whole that needs to adapt to fix the problem.