It would be helpful, at least to me, if you would explain the cause and effect of your two sentences.
As I think you know, I believe our Statists think they are behaving morally, no matter how deadly they are, they just have standards different from people who are less noble than they.
FYI
HOP: “That doctrine is ethical socialism - founding morality on what is believed to be good for society as a whole. This false belief is at the root of why such projects always result in mass death.”
AS: “It would be helpful, at least to me, if you would explain the cause and effect of your two sentences.”
I cannot fully explain that link - I only see it displayed in real-world tragedies. My assumption is that false beliefs adhered to by those in power eventually leads to accepting, or demanding, the death of masses of the population rather than admit error.
As to the “why?” of it all, I admit ignorance.