SO MANY oh my god. And it’s also a vector for various kinds of scurrilous behavior, e.g. I have seen people (whether intentionally or unintentionally) rapidly switch back and forth between “how dare you say X when you knew it would produce Effect Y two echoes down the line” and “I’m just being direct and honest!” Like, a vague and unspecified duty to kinda-sorta maybe track an unknown number of echoes allows for a lot of something similar to motte-and-bailey.
If it’s a vicious circle, isn’t the case the only place I can make certain non-violence is prime is in my mind and in my behaviours? Isn’t this the first step in trying to temper the war culture so that non-war behaviours can thrive more clearly and without having to be cut with war-preparation?
My own answer to this is to pretty ruthlessly filter. These days, I spend my time in an environment where the-people-who-will-make-war in that way are not present, and it’s amazing how much good can flourish under those circumstances.
(I’ve only partially responded to your comment, but those were the top thoughts that were easy to write down.)
SO MANY oh my god. And it’s also a vector for various kinds of scurrilous behavior, e.g. I have seen people (whether intentionally or unintentionally) rapidly switch back and forth between “how dare you say X when you knew it would produce Effect Y two echoes down the line” and “I’m just being direct and honest!” Like, a vague and unspecified duty to kinda-sorta maybe track an unknown number of echoes allows for a lot of something similar to motte-and-bailey.
My own answer to this is to pretty ruthlessly filter. These days, I spend my time in an environment where the-people-who-will-make-war in that way are not present, and it’s amazing how much good can flourish under those circumstances.
(I’ve only partially responded to your comment, but those were the top thoughts that were easy to write down.)