the term “stochastic terrorism”
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A long time ago, a King had an ongoing feud with a holy man, who kept telling everyone the King was corrupt. The King said, to no one in particular, “[Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_turbulent_priest%3Fhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_turbulent_priest%3F)?”
His loyal knights decided to do just that.
The King’s hands were technically clean – he never ordered an attack. However, his words clearly inspired the killing.
That’s ***stochastic terrorism***. You don’t commit the attack, you don’t tell anyone to attack, but you keep talking about how necessary and good an attack would be until somebody does it for you.
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