Revolution 2.0

Introduction “By any means necessary.” New acronym, BAMN. This statement of intent has been associated with fringe groups like Antifa and white supremacy groups. We are now seeing it with everything from Supreme Court nominations to climate change claims to everyday politics. Here’s how current process works: I’m right, so you are clearly all wrong. You have no clue how important my beliefs, ends, are to everyone–everyone. The ends justify the means, so our means will be By any means necessary.  That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Let’s start with the observation that the ends do not–do not–justify the means. Each end is a mean–a tool to get to another end, and so on forever. The means are ends in and of themselves. Ends and means are one in the same; it follows that the ends simply cannot justify the means.  Let’s hear from one of my favorites, John Wooden. “You never heard me mention winning. My idea is that you can lose when you outscore somebody