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If countries want to go to war with another .... I've often fantasized that instead of sending whole armies, each country just send their leaders in a loin cloth, cover them in oil and no weapons. The leaders would then be thrown in an enclosed cage to do battle to the death with their bare hands. If they don't do battle, the audience get to kill them with spears ... then the contest is continued by the next selected leader from each country. The contest is continued until one leader kills the other.
I think the first move would be ripping out the opponent's catheter and seeing who bleeds out first.
rip that shit off like a paper towel!
If you have 10 times as many people and your cause is just, would you really stand down when your leader is killed?
Isn't this kind of a similar idea to David and Goliath, except not with leaders, just a 1v1 between two citizens of that country?
Erich Maria Remarque: "Im Westen nichts Neues"
I mean you'd within a generation self-select for every country to run an Andrew Tate type as leader.