

They’ve grown slightly more ardoit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(journalist)
But they have plenty of finger puppets that will happily bone saw you apart alive in their consolate while your pregnant wife waits in the car if your death is more punitive then preventative.



https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/2/how-british-colonial-policy-killed-100-million-indians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)
Turns out it’s just a feature of the state.