The problem with terrorism is, as you say, how loosely it's defined. When common people hear the word terrorist, they imagine people indiscriminately attacking innocent and unrelated civilians - or attacking parts of government that have legitimacy by public approval. ANTIFA fits that definition perfectly, yet the establishment claims they don't exist, because they don't have an official board of director or some shit.
Meanwhile, no common citizen would call people terrorists who conduct TARGETED attacks against parts of system that do not have public approval. Yet that's exactly how governments use the term: "Enemies of the state".
So the term is entirely biased towards government interests - not public interests. It's exactly the same as with the concept of treason: Treason against the government exists in law, but treason against the public/nation has no legal representation. Many of our concepts are straight up out of feudalism - not a nation that bases power on the people. The concepts of terrorism and treason are just two of those stonage-relics.
The problem with terrorism is, as you say, how loosely it's defined. When common people hear the word terrorist, they imagine people indiscriminately attacking innocent and unrelated civilians - or attacking parts of government that have legitimacy by public approval. ANTIFA fits that definition perfectly, yet the establishment claims they don't exist, because they don't have an official board of director or some shit.
Meanwhile, no common citizen would call people terrorists who conduct TARGETED attacks against parts of system that do not have public approval. Yet that's exactly how governments use the term: "Enemies of the state".
So the term is entirely biased towards government interests - not public interests. It's exactly the same as with the concept of treason: Treason against the government exists in law, but treason against the public/nation has no legal representation. Many of our concepts are straight up out of feudalism - not a nation that bases power on the people. The concepts of terrorism and treason are just two of those stonage-relics.