Instrumental reasoning that sacrifices civil liberties for socialist ends commits the 'galaxy-brained' consequentialist error of discounting near-certain present harms for speculative future gains.

?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.

No one has weighed in yet. Be the first to share reasons for or against this statement.

Civil liberties(what was being suppressed alongside labor organizing): Basic freedoms that people believe they should have in a fair society, like freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom from unfair arrest.
Consequentialist error(as used in ethics): A mistake made by consequentialism, the ethical theory that judges actions purely by their outcomes rather than by rules or intentions.
Discounting(explains why people prefer immediate rewards to delayed ones): The tendency to value something less the further away it is in the future; basically, a reward tomorrow seems less attractive than the same reward today.
Instrumental reasoning(as used in ethics and decision-making): Making decisions based on whether they help you achieve a specific goal, without questioning whether that goal itself is good or bad.

Based on where you are in your exploration