Action led to action, free of any moorings, and the way to be someone, the way to catch the attention of the young and recruit them to one's cause, w… - Teju Cole

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Action led to action, free of any moorings, and the way to be someone, the way to catch the attention of the young and recruit them to one's cause, was to be enraged. It seemed as if the only way this lure of violence could be avoided was by having no causes, by being magnificently isolated from all loyalties. But was that not an ethical lapse graver than rage itself?