Here is the money quote from the article:
If they could push a button to erase your existence, they would not hesitate. And if they can’t push the button themselves, they will support a government that promises to push the button on their behalf.
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Except they are not talking about pushing a button. Pushing a button is easy and neat. They are talking about stealing, beating, locking up, and killing.
Yes, that is what the authors were inferring when they said “push the button”.