Dr. James Fitzsimmons
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Um, if you think about the Aztecs though, um, you know, if you had to imagine what the worst possible death is for a militaristic in your face society, what do you think it would be?
The worst death.
The worst possible death for a society where basically you're encouraging people to go off and die in battle.
Like what's the worst one?
POW is actually not that bad because you're dying.
You're still dying for the state.
Granted, you're dying for somebody else's state, but you're dying for the state.
Taking your own life.
Actually, that's not as bad.
I mean, it does happen.
There is a specific place where you go for that.
Yeah, it's not that bad.
No, the worst one is actually dying in bed, like surrounded by, like dying a quiet death.
That's the worst one.
Because it means nobody picked you.
You're like the last kid at dodgeball.
It's like, you know, you have this idea of like all these various gods sort of determining your death.
Like, oh, you drowned.
Oh, you died by fire and things of that sort.
Death in bed is like...