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I feel like there's an underlying paternalism to this too. That some people think "oh well, it doesn't really matter because they're all nobodies. We hold all the actual power, so it only matters when we say it"
It shifts the focus away from whether the ACT is actually wrong itself to focusing on the consequences. And if the consequences are little to nothing because the group holds no power, then it's allowed
Comment by JohnSmithDogFace at 30/06/2020 at 10:39 UTC
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Can an act be wrong regardless of its consequences? Your main premise seems to assume a fairly unresolved philosophical question