Essentially, if I wanted to run an evil fundamentalist oppressive state I would look as cuddly as possible at first.
Nobody set’s out to run an evil fundamentalist oppressive state but certain people set out to run a evil fundamentalist oppressive state.
Apart from that you ignore the fact of what it means to claim to be a caliphate. ISIS got a lot of power through the act of founding a self-proclaimed caliphate.
I’m a little confused by your first point (I guess you’re pointing out a grammar/spelling error, but the only one I note is that you’ve used “a” instead of “an”, and evil starts with a vowel so, no I don’t understand that point).
You’re second point is correct, I meant to mention that as a cost. By appearing more moderate I cost myself support. I’ve sort of hand waved the idea that I can just convince everyone to fight for me in the first place, which is obviously a difficult problem! That said I think you could be a little less obviously evil initially and still attract people to your fundamentalist regime.
Nobody set’s out to run an evil fundamentalist oppressive state but certain people set out to run a goodfundamentalist oppressive state.
By appearing more moderate I cost myself support.
The question whether or not to declare a caliphate is binary. Either you do or you don’t. Then there’s a host of obligations with declaring a caliphate.
Nobody set’s out to run an
evil fundamentalist oppressive state
but certain people set out to run aevil fundamentalist oppressive state
.Apart from that you ignore the fact of what it means to claim to be a caliphate. ISIS got a lot of power through the act of founding a self-proclaimed caliphate.
I’m a little confused by your first point (I guess you’re pointing out a grammar/spelling error, but the only one I note is that you’ve used “a” instead of “an”, and evil starts with a vowel so, no I don’t understand that point).
You’re second point is correct, I meant to mention that as a cost. By appearing more moderate I cost myself support. I’ve sort of hand waved the idea that I can just convince everyone to fight for me in the first place, which is obviously a difficult problem! That said I think you could be a little less obviously evil initially and still attract people to your fundamentalist regime.
Right I wanted to say:
The question whether or not to declare a caliphate is binary. Either you do or you don’t. Then there’s a host of obligations with declaring a caliphate.