Sure, if you&#x27;re the loser. Obviously such violent efforts need to destroy the current state and create a new one, or they&#x27;re completely pointless.<p>Perhaps not, though. Bill Ayers still ended up in a position of powerful political influence and mainstream academic acceptance even after he and his associates in the Weather Underground committed a number of terrorist bombings. If your ideological clique ends up in a position of significant state influence, you&#x27;ll be forgiven your crimes, even if the state is not replaced in its totality.