• aasatru@kbin.earth
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    3 days ago

    One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter, and vice versa.

    Terrorism is violence in order to spread fear. The poor CEOs are shitting themselves right now.

    Problem is, generally it’s defined as violence against civilians. I’m not sure billionaires fit that category.

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      3 days ago

      Well not really. Terrorism is violence + politics. The only issue here is that Republicans (all major corporate leaders) have "politicized every single issue ever, especially human rights. Therefore this is terrorism.

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        Well, yeah, there are political or ideological aims, which are believed to be achievable through fear. The violence itself is not meant to achieve much directly, but it spreads fear in the population that works towards some goal or another.

        Violence + politics is just war.