Some concerns about RWBY's villains and their backstories. Spoilers for V8Ch6 "Midnight".

Yeah, about that, here's a thought that has been bothering me for a while now: would total annihilation be that bad? What's there in Remnant that is worth saving anyway?

Stopping Salem from committing torture, brutal murder, and manipulation, that I understand because of the pain that comes with these. But what I don't understand is, if Salem wants to press the button*, which is painless by design, why should team good guy stop her?

* Here, I'm talking about the thought experiment where someone is about to press a button that would painlessly erase all of humanity (Earth in the original thought experiment, but Remnant in this case), and the question being if you would stop them or not, and why.

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