But like I told him, history is process, not a struggle between angels and devils, where WE are always the angels, and THEY are always the devils.
And sometimes, the true drivers of the process are not even clear to the participants. People have an infinite capacity to rationalize their interests as being the only rational and decent thing to do, and to conveniently cast their rivals in the role of demon. Like I've said before, we all deal with the subjective universe we've constructed for ourselves, usually with the best of intentions
and the strictest application of our reason.
Still, you have to choose sides sometimes. There may be no ultimate good guys and bad guys, but in any conflict, there is always one side who is more in the right than the other.
BTW, I edited my post to Bowser while you were posting your question to me, so you might want to review it if you choose to answer.
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Yes.
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