Zen of War
Men of DIFFERENT Principles cannot sustain fellowship because the one who is more intentionally (or unintentionally) evil, wins.
In war between men with the SAME Principles, the one who most zealously pursues his ideological outcomes wins.
Moral Autocracy is the absolution for the zealot’s evil outcomes: compulsion, pillaging, slavery.
Moral Clarity is the internal aid for individual action: truth, responsibility, liberty.
Humanity is governed by Force — Violence or Ideas.
The Zealot is advantaged by an irrational battle of hidden, obscure principles.
The Individual is advantaged by a rational battle of open, clear principles.
Find the zealot enforcing mindless darkness and know the evil.
Find the individual defending reality’s rational light and know the good.
