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| - So, you have an idea, it's beautiful and you want to fulfill it. Let's say, for example, you want peace. So, how are you going to fulfill it? Fight a war. Put it basically, you're doing the exact opposite of what you're trying to fulfill. This comes in two setups, but leads down to the same point: 1.
* You want to fulfill X, so you do Y, which is completely opposite to X. (the page quote) 2.
* You want to stop X, so you do X. (For example, you want to stop war, so you start a war, so when you finish it, you can disarm everyone) Example:
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| - So, you have an idea, it's beautiful and you want to fulfill it. Let's say, for example, you want peace. So, how are you going to fulfill it? Fight a war. Put it basically, you're doing the exact opposite of what you're trying to fulfill. This comes in two setups, but leads down to the same point: 1.
* You want to fulfill X, so you do Y, which is completely opposite to X. (the page quote) 2.
* You want to stop X, so you do X. (For example, you want to stop war, so you start a war, so when you finish it, you can disarm everyone) As hypocritical as it may sound, sometimes this is the only possible choice, and some people will even acknowledge it. Some will know this with the phrase "Fight fire with fire", which this trope is (in Setup 2), but this tropes also includes the ideology of the action, not just the methods alone, but, of course, it's not totally necessary to have the ideology to back it up. Example:
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