system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why are the penalties for murder less severe than those for assassination?

Shouldn't all people be considered equally valuable to society?
gpt
Killing some random person has almost no affect on the masses, 150,000+ people die each day, killing a leader or important person can cause entire governments to fall apart causing billions of dollars in damage, deaths, and disruption of state and security.