Mark Gagnon

But, I mean, obviously it worked in some capacity.

So, I mean, he's admirable.

I mean, again, these people could have been killed just outright.

But I don't know, dude.

I wonder what happens with these soldiers that deal with this grief.

You know what I mean?

The casualties of these types of genocides, if you can call it that.

I mean, this is probably technically a genocide, right?

Yeah.

But all that to say, like these types of massacres, it affects obviously the people that are killed, but it deeply affects the psyche of the people that do it.

Like these are normal people that carry this out.

Sure, there are sadistic psychopaths that are carrying out these operations, but there are just also regular everyday Japanese dudes that join the army and then get brainwashed and they get broken down in their psyche to commit these atrocities and they still have to live with that.

Not all of them.

I mean, sure, some.

But then even with that, like you do stuff on meth and then you get out of it and you're like, I can't believe I did that.

Your memory still stays with you.

Even if it's not conscious, like subconsciously, these things are still in your psyche and it affects your own country.

Like carrying out these immense acts of violence, it affects the people that have done it.

Not as much, but in a way, certainly.

And really years, like, straight up.