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You raise an interesting point: How would you differentiate revolution against a fascist government from terrorism?
by Schiendelman 6y ago
You raise an interesting point: How would you differentiate revolution against a fascist government from terrorism?
- pc86 6y agomlonkibjuyhv has it exactly right, I think. At their outset, revolutions and [domestic] terrorism are usually indistinguishable. The American Revolution was certainly viewed as terrorism by the Crown, whether they had that word for it or not. History is written by the victors, and to a certain extent the worthiness of your cause is determined decades or centuries later by whether or not you were successful.
- Schiendelman 6y agoThat makes sense. In that case, then, is saying something 'is domestic terrorism' the right test of whether it's the right thing to do? It sounds to me like if you used that gauge you'd never overthrow a fascist government.