"No."
"I made the decision for them. With the arrogance of a savior, I dragged them onto my war chariot."
"What if this so-called 'righteous path' is just me comforting myself, a way to mask my own ambition?"
"If I ignore the civilians being held hostage and continue to open fire, am I not just hastening their dehumanization? Am I not, in my heart, treating them as nothing more than tools?"
"At that point, what's the fundamental difference between me and those insurance company CEOs who see patients as just data on a spreadsheet?"
These words laid bare a core truth that no politician wants to face.
Why should the current generation have to pay the price for a future one? What gives them the right to decide the order of sacrifice for others?
Roosevelt sighed.
"You've asked the most fundamental question."
"About the definition of justice."
"The real tragedy is not the struggle between good and evil, but the collision of two forms of justice."
