The Horseshoe Theory of Reddit Nationalism

"To deal with assassinations from a more general perspective, I was prompted in the course of studying history to view assassinations as attempts to change the course of history by means that are inappropriate to it, elementary means. That is why the results of most assassinations are the direct opposite of what the conspirators intended: thus, they harm themselves, independently of the personal risk they run. That was true of the Fieschi plot, which you are, no doubt, acquainted with. Fieschi built an infernal machine to kill Louis-Philippe and his escort. He set up thirty guns parallel with one another, and a few exploded, ripping off his hand. But that was merely a secondary mishap. In any case, the event helped to shore up Louis-Philippe's administration for another fifteen years. The same could be said about the attempt on Lenin's life: it led to a huge massacre in the educated circles and did more good than harm to Bolshevism. In fact, I have the impression that when the ruling power begins to get shaky, it welcomes such assassination attempts. Nevertheless, we have to make distinctions. Harmodius and Aristogiton, for instance, are of a different format."
~ Ernst Jünger