Risottia wrote:El Cuscatlan wrote:"...the very cannibalism of the counterrevolution will convince the nations that there is only one way in which the murderous death agonies of the old society and the bloody birth throes of the new society can be shortened, simplified and concentrated, and that way is revolutionary terrorism."
- Karl Marx, "The Victory of the Counter-Revolution in Vienna," Neue Rheinische Zeitung, 7 November 1848.
"We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror."
- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels "Suppression of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung", Neue Rheinische Zeitung, May 19, 1849
Somebody here is deliberately equating "terrorism" as used in the 19th century, that is, a reference to la Terreur, a period of intestine fight between the various factions of the French Revolution leading to summary executions granted by "special tribunals", and "terrorism" as used in the 20th and 21st centuries.
False equivalence.
They're certainly different concepts but are immoral for basically the same reason: they both involve murdering political opponents for their beliefs. Ultimately Marx's version is more evil, and has claimed far more lives, because he isn't proposing to kill a few to win control. He is proposing to slaughter his helpless enemies after he has already defeated them.








