You cannot persuade fascists not to be fascists, the only language they know is this. As much as it saddens me that this is the way it has to be, the same logic applies to Kirk as to the CEO, it might make fascists think twice before systematically dismantling democracy and promoting hatred against minorities.
The same logic does not apply because their motivations are different. The CEO is motivated by greed and the facist is motivated by hate.
If you are motivated by greed and selfishness in spite of the suffering of others, and you see there is a risk of losing everything because you were too exploitive, then it is in your own selfish interest to avoid that outcome.
If you are motivated by hate, then seeing someone with your ideology get shot is going to make you even more hateful and even give you the confidence that you were right all along and your hate is justified.
You cannot persuade fascists not to be fascists, the only language they know is this. As much as it saddens me that this is the way it has to be, the same logic applies to Kirk as to the CEO, it might make fascists think twice before systematically dismantling democracy and promoting hatred against minorities.
The same logic does not apply because their motivations are different. The CEO is motivated by greed and the facist is motivated by hate.
If you are motivated by greed and selfishness in spite of the suffering of others, and you see there is a risk of losing everything because you were too exploitive, then it is in your own selfish interest to avoid that outcome.
If you are motivated by hate, then seeing someone with your ideology get shot is going to make you even more hateful and even give you the confidence that you were right all along and your hate is justified.
I’m pretty sure Kirk was also motivated by greed. Fuck’em.