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ryry1237 t1_j2vujul wrote

Reply to comment by IML_42 in [WP] Humanity has finally reached a population of 10B. What should have only been mildly interesting became top news when the clouds world round said, "Data limit reached, please upgrade membership to continue growing your civilization." The population has been unable to grow since. by AurumArgenteus

Looks like the Aztecs made a mighty prepayment.

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USPO-222 t1_j2wnu7d wrote

I’m surprised the shit that went down in WWII didn’t get us out of debt and have a nice carrying balance.

I like the concept of this story, but damn is it grim.

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Phenoix512 t1_j2xem8b wrote

Sounds like you have to arrange it for them to do the killing.

I'm guessing the sacrifice is literal and not satisfied by just death

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ryry1237 t1_j2xm92m wrote

I imagine the kill would have to be done with the specific intention of it being an offering otherwise it wouldn't count.

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IML_42 t1_j2xnq9e wrote

Yep - that was my intention. Theoretically killing in the name of war is a sacrifice to a different being, deity, company…what have you. It was the purposeful set up at the end which earmarked those deaths for GloboCorp that allows those deaths to satisfy the payment.

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USPO-222 t1_j2xsrhi wrote

I was thinking more along about the influence the Thule Society had on what happened in the Holocaust.

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CadenVanV t1_j2y470i wrote

And Stalin too. Where on earth were his kills?

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