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Moderate pacifists recognize self-defense as an instrument of damage containment. The usage of counter-violence is an investment into the future so that the aggressor gets discouraged in starting new conflicts. Own casualties can bring a persistent peace. On the net side more lives might be saved. | Moderate pacifists recognize self-defense as an instrument of damage containment. The usage of counter-violence is an investment into the future so that the aggressor gets discouraged in starting new conflicts. Own casualties can bring a persistent peace. On the net side more lives might be saved. | ||
At first sight radical pacifism is right when it says that denial of violence minimizes the number of dead. | At first sight radical pacifism is right when it says that denial of violence minimizes the number of dead. | ||
: The tragic with Russia's invasion is that NATO limited itself in supporting Ukraine and therefore prolonged the war: there were concerns of an instant end of pipeline gas deliveries, modern weapons could fall into Russian hands, and "the bomb". Until 16.06.2022 the strategy was "let's wait and see how things develop"... Sometimes the middle way is even worse. | |||
There is no guarantee that an aggressor is satisfied with ''presets''. The ideology relies on the mercy of a ruthless aggressor and therefore it is defenseless against total dependency (modern slavery through becoming a money bleeding "satellite state") and genocide. It is dead born concept. | |||
Radical pacifists are willing to sacrifice the live of their own and potentially those of others. An aggressor could easily exploit their position. | Radical pacifists are willing to sacrifice the live of their own and potentially those of others. An aggressor could easily exploit their position. | ||