A quick thought on Trump and the justifiability of political violence, drawing on earlier discussionspic.twitter.com/HqIBD0KQWE
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A quick thought on Trump and the justifiability of political violence, drawing on earlier discussionspic.twitter.com/HqIBD0KQWE
Yeah, but that's a consequential stipulation! We don't presently have the capacity to make that stipulation definitively.
I agree. Just saying the ethical question seems dependent on stipulating efficacy of any particular action.
But for people who stipulate definitively that Trump is a fascist menace, ultimate efficacy is an ancillary consideration.
Combating a fascist menace by extreme means would be justified NOW regardless of how the efficacy question pans out.
I don't see why that follows. The more severe a threat is, the more important efficacy becomes in deciding on preventative measure.
Because the severity of the threat is a knowable variable, whereas the efficacy question is an unknowable variable.
And again, this is what should flow from acceptance of the "fascist menace" view, which I am not personally endorsing here.
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