it also builds the myth of the "superiority" of one people over another. like nazis believed they were "superior" because they could kill so many soviets for each german dead. this is especially important for israel right now because they want to convey the idea of an "exchange rate" of lives for the arab states. they want to enforce the notion that "one of us is worth 100 of you"  this also doesn't matter in actually winning wars
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