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Edit: Everyone benefits from their own existence.

Do they? How does a life that has experienced nothing but suffering from the day their born to the day they die and never had a moment of enjoyment in their life to the point that they wish they were never born till the day they die benefit from their own existence?

GEKGanon posted...

The modern inhabitants of England experience the benefits of their long-ago ancestors being invaded by Romans first, and Normans later.

The modern inhabitants of Japan experience the benefits of their ancestors having reformed their national identity following a stunning loss during attempted imperial aggression and expansion.

The modern inhabitants of Germany experience the benefits of their ancestors having lost two wars of aggression twice.

The modern inhabitants of South Korea experience the benefits of their ancestors having suffered a war that tore their country in two.

The argument that people experience benefits from past tragedies is reliant on knowing how history would unfold if the tragedy hadn't happened in the first place. As there is no way to know how history would unfold if the tragedies never happened in the first place, your argument has no merit because you cannot prove that there is a benefit that was derived from the tragedy that wouldn't exist if the tragedy had never occurred in the first place.

On that note, while WWII might of been a catalyst for your grandparents meeting/having a child, you have no way to prove that they wouldn't have met/led to your existence for other reasons if WWII never happened.