Thus when conservative cruelty saves multitudes it creates a logical problem. If Italy's policies are evil, it must be not because they save lives but because Salvini's motives are impure. If holding out the lure of European residence to Africans causes drowning, it is still compassionate because ... it simply is.
That is because atheistic Marxism is founded to an extraordinary degree on the absolving power of good intentions. When CIA agent Felix Rodriguez asked a captive Che Guevara why he executed so many by firing squad in Cuba, Guevara explained that "we only put to death foreigners." When Rodriguez retorted that "you're not a Bolivian ... you are a foreigner," Che was defiant, saying Rodriguez couldn't possibly understand the reasons for revolution. The difference apparently was philosophical. Che killed on the side of compassion while Rodriguez did it in the name of cruelty.