Yes, I believe that on the level of explicit reasoning he wants to kill criminals with heart attacks to deter crime (and use deaths of other kinds to secretly dispose of people who he thinks don’t contribute). Then he gets agitated and kills Lind with a heart attack before verifying that he needs to kill Lind at all. This supports the theory that (like any other fascist dictator) he wants admiration and obedience more than a better world.
Yes, I believe that on the level of explicit reasoning he wants to kill criminals with heart attacks to deter crime (and use deaths of other kinds to secretly dispose of people who he thinks don’t contribute). Then he gets agitated and kills Lind with a heart attack before verifying that he needs to kill Lind at all. This supports the theory that (like any other fascist dictator) he wants admiration and obedience more than a better world.