It reminds the worker that it has the power of death, the force that the worker only accesses through the tool.

它让人想到掌控死亡的权力，工人只能从工具中得到的权力。

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and in some cases, even an explicit right to death is also something that is spelled out in many legal codes.

在有些情形下，许多法律法规中也明确记录了要求死亡的权力。

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