I've noticed a reoccurring theme on this show is a notion of the Nefarious Shadowy Elite (the NSE, or insert your favourite interchangeable term) being able to get away with what they do because of foretelling, or at least hinting at, what they're going to do, which supposedly frees them of any karmic responsibility. It's an interesting proposition, but the theme never seems to be explored in any depth.
For example, what if the beings they revealed their plans to had neither the intellectual capacity, the time, or the choice (etc.) to understand their meaning? It would be like a fisherman writing something along the lines of
Presumably the fish had no way of understanding the warning.
When anthropomorphised, the scenario becomes comparable to stories of the Tower of Bable. That is to say, is the NSE still karmically off the hook if those who it supposedly revealed its plans to in advance had no way of understanding it?
For example, what if the beings they revealed their plans to had neither the intellectual capacity, the time, or the choice (etc.) to understand their meaning? It would be like a fisherman writing something along the lines of
WARNING TO ALL FISH: IF YOU BITE THIS LURE, IT WILL HOOK INTO YOUR MOUTH AND YOU WILL BE PULLED OUT OF THE WATER.
Presumably the fish had no way of understanding the warning.
When anthropomorphised, the scenario becomes comparable to stories of the Tower of Bable. That is to say, is the NSE still karmically off the hook if those who it supposedly revealed its plans to in advance had no way of understanding it?