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Would his methods be credible if he was doing it in the 40s and they were directed against nazi intelligentsia for example?


Of course they would be.

Morality doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's not objective, it's collectively determined by society.

As a society we have decided en masse that blowing up randomly selected people to draw attention to one's political views is not acceptable.

As a society we also have decided that violent actions taken against the German government in the early 1940s were acceptable.

This isn't a contradiction, nor hypocrisy, simply the ability to have nuanced opinions.


People like Ted aren't even allowed in the room when society decides these things.


LOL wut? I'm not a ChatGPT prompt - use your own critical thinking skills for your thought experiment.




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