They see it, as they do almost everything else no matter how wicked, as a means to an end.
History bears this out, over and over again.
And it seems we'll have to learn this the hard way here. 'Gods of the Copybook Headings' and all that.
When you don’t have absolute moral standards,
you always weigh means vs ends.
When you define the ends as “infinite good, perfect society, heaven on earth” and put that on one side of the scale,
you can put ANYTHING on the other end of the scale,
and the balance still tips “favorably”.