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by ilrwbwrkhv 1012 days ago
That is the exception not the norm though. Non violence is one of the strongest tenets of Buddhism.

    Bhikkhus, even if bandits were to sever you savagely limb by limb with a two-handled saw, he who gave rise to a mind of hate towards them would not be carrying out my teaching.
— Kakacūpama Sutta, Majjhima-Nikāya 28 at MN i 128-29

So it is quite hard for the red pill movement to co opt Buddhism and thank goodness for that.