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When do you think violence is justified? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by ReallyKinda@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Self defense? Only on the battlefield? Only to achieve a ‘noble’ end?

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[–] LemmyFeed@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

So your comment made me find the origin of the quote. While it's not verbatim, the quote comes from starship troopers apparently, definitely not Ayn Rand.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Heinlein is honestly just the sci-fi Ayn Rand.

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