Yes, exactly. Their ideology specifies such a utopian ending that any evils they need to commit now are justified by the Glorious Future that they are ushering in.
I'm not sure of any way you could think like this and not become an utterly immoral person.
If you're of this ideology and you realise that you can hurry things along by kicking puppies, then you've got two options:
Go and kick as many puppies as you can find - because this results in the Glorious Future, it's perfectly acceptable
Don't kick puppies. Your moment of squeamishness here delays the Glorious Future and that is - if you're a fully-paid-up cult member - significantly worse than any amount of puppy-kicking you might have done.
Look at the replies in the original thread. "You should have violently assaulted the small, gay, Asian man!"
I honestly can't comprehend how people can think this is okay still believe they're the good guys. To them, their ends justify any means.
Yes, exactly. Their ideology specifies such a utopian ending that any evils they need to commit now are justified by the Glorious Future that they are ushering in.
I'm not sure of any way you could think like this and not become an utterly immoral person.
If you're of this ideology and you realise that you can hurry things along by kicking puppies, then you've got two options:
That's why these people are awful people.