Turning them in to committed and content socialists would be so much more cruel and absolute a punishment than any physical torment. You wouldn't just be hurting their body and traumatizing them, that's easy. You'd have to utterly destroy the monster that exists, and re-build them in to a complete, total refutation of all of their beliefs, all of their convictions, and all of the life's work.
Puyi basically spent the rest of his life, while more alive than he was, basically spent the last years of his life apologizing for his actions to random people because of his guilt. While was free for the last years of his life, he knew he was a monster for basically his entire life. That seems like a good punishment. Teach them to be good people, but leave them with the guilt for the remainder of their lives.
Turning them in to committed and content socialists would be so much more cruel and absolute a punishment than any physical torment. You wouldn't just be hurting their body and traumatizing them, that's easy. You'd have to utterly destroy the monster that exists, and re-build them in to a complete, total refutation of all of their beliefs, all of their convictions, and all of the life's work.
Puyi basically spent the rest of his life, while more alive than he was, basically spent the last years of his life apologizing for his actions to random people because of his guilt. While was free for the last years of his life, he knew he was a monster for basically his entire life. That seems like a good punishment. Teach them to be good people, but leave them with the guilt for the remainder of their lives.