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You can consider both cases self-defense, or both savagery. But if you want to make a distinction, Tienanmen Square was more justified.

@admittedlyhuman Why can't I say that one end justifies the means and the other end doesn't?

@MemberOfSpecies sure, you could. I'm talking about an inconsistency in emotional reaction, not cost-benefit analysis.

@admittedlyhuman Why shouldn't emotional reaction track cost-benefit analysis?

@MemberOfSpecies because system 2 is too slow when you need those emotions right now. because hypocrisy is really instrumentally useful.

@admittedlyhuman So you're advising people on what it would be useful for them to be seen as feeling?

@MemberOfSpecies no, that's explicitly what I'm not doing. I'm calling out the useful hypocrisies. it's what I do.

@admittedlyhuman I'm really confused now. So you're saying emotional reaction should track cost-benefit analysis?