What if Drone Warfare Had Come First?

A satirical companion to 'The Life Issue': a comedic Oval-Office dialogue in which conventional warfare (parachuting armed teenagers into cities, tanks levelling buildings) is pitched as the shocking NEW idea while drone strikes are the staid status quo - using the 'If Many Worlds Had Come First' device to expose status-quo bias / isolated demands for rigor in judging new vs entrenched practices. Funny and pointed, with a sly closing jab at gold-plated single-payer waste.

Quality 70 · Strong. Strong: very funny and makes a real epistemic point (we apply higher standards to novel practices than entrenched ones) - a borrowed device executed memorably. ~70.

Claude’s paradigm shift 55 · Moderate. Adapts Eliezer's 'If Many Worlds Had Come First' reversal to warfare - a fresh, memorable execution of an existing move. ~55.

Real-world impact 2 · Minor. A funny satirical dialogue using the 'if drone warfare had come first' device to expose status-quo bias / isolated demands for rigor (we judge novel practices more harshly than entrenched ones). Conceptual/comedic influence within rationalist discourse, a borrowed device, no material change — low RWI.

Humor 4/5 · Moloch. Sustained comedic Oval-Office sketch — in a world where drone/assassination warfare is the norm, General Ripper manically pitches conventional war (parachuting teenagers with machine guns, tanks, bombers) as a shocking new idea ('SO AWESOME'); relentless helpless-laughter comedy carrying a sharp satirical point about double standards → 4.