I still don't understand why people assume and keep doing so, even when being presented with that other idea, that it isn't there.
Forced labor for the remainder of their lives. Murderous sociopaths wouldn't be eating and sleeping for free. They'd have to work every bit as hard, if not more so than innocents. The idea would be to literally work their asses for as long as they can survive. It's horrible, yes, but hey. Those monsters just murdered innocents without hesitation.
It could be dangerous jobs that no one wants to do. Repairing electrical lines, cleaning sewers or more decent jobs like tending to farms and crops for the consumption of citizens.
If a homicide is unfit for work for any reason, then that homicide could be used as a test subject for vaccines. You know, instead of using lab rats, we could use convicted felons.
I don't approve of the death penalty. I see it in a different way. Why kill a physically able human? If he or she has committed murder, is an incorrigible criminal and a threat to society, why not make use of that body for the betterment of conditions for good people? Make them work! Make them earn their food. Fun? For them? They're in prison! No fun for them! Would they die? Most likely. Still, they'd be paying for their crimes.
I also don't think they'd interfere with jobs for honest people. You can have one farm owned and operated by say, William Anderson and his family to produce food for... [insert your favorite city here], while a federal penitentiary operates another for I don't know... exports, materials for processing different things, you name it. Every bit of money obtained by the work of prisoners would be used for building roads, fund public schools, government hospitals, building new... buildings, the list is endless.
I've never liked the idea of "everyone is equal". We ARE born equal, I think, but our actions determine whether or not we die equal at the ends of our lives.
The main reason I think a wipe would be bad is because we've accomplished many things NONE of the ancient civilizations ever did. We have a good deal of control over electrons, atoms, progress is being done on solar energy and prostetics. They are very valuable things that would be lost.
Also, a complete wipe would mean completely eradicating the human population. This time we're not just city states nor kingdoms nor countries. We're more global than we have ever been.
Benoit is in Europe. You and I are in different countries in the American continent. I have friends in Asia and even Oceania.
A clean slate means complete environmental obliteration this time. Nothing will remain for those that survive. If an asteroid hit us, it wouldn't kill us immediately. It would severely damage the surrounding area of its impact, but the following winter would destroy the environment in a much longer time. There's no quick wiping this time.