Comment by Lerc
6 hours ago
The problem is that, while there are times when violent acts may bring about positive outcomes, it is extremely rare for those outcomes to be in the minds of those committing the acts. It is far more common for someone to commit violence as an expression of their anger, while rationalising that it is justified because they are aware of the arguments in favour of violence apply to whatever it is that they really want to do in the moment.
Do you think that people haven't had enough time to think about wealth disparity?
This argument you make is fine for spur of the moment violence, but for acts resulting from the structure violence of the super wealthy. Dunno.
in no way does this truth imply that violence is an invalid response, merely that preconsideration is required to determine whether a violent act is morally just