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rm has "--no-preserve-root", which isn't quite "--no-seriously-delete-my-root-directory" but is at least heading in that direction.

Obligatory Cantrill reference https://youtu.be/wTVfAMRj-7E?t=5046. The whole series of these are well worth a listen.

if you squint, you can kind of see file permissions as implementing this pattern? rm /usr fails unless you sudo rm /usr