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What does it mean?
The speaker claims listeners share responsibility for the war as he does for killings.
In plain terms
You are as responsible for the war as I am for these deaths.
What can you take from it?
Collective guilt exists for societal violence.

Where it applies

  • moral accountability
  • war debate

Putting it to work

  • assess responsibility
  • reflect on complicity

Questions to consider

  • How much responsibility do citizens share?
  • Where is the line of guilt?

Another view

Equating war support with murder oversimplifies moral distinctions.

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