In the end, it was the only way for him to defend himself.
How in the name of Jupiter's BALLS did he defend himself?!?!?
He kinda died.
That isn't self defense. That is murder/suicide.
Ah, but it is self defense. If a bully messes with a kid at school for years and the kid finally stands up to him knowing full well he is going to get his ass kicked the action of confronting the bully is self defense. That fact the kid will get hurt does not negate the self defense part.
As far as thinking collectively well that is the fault of governement schools. We all can move past that idea but not everyone can. In the end, it was the governments own indoctranation program that left this man with no other option.
Isn't collective thinking the problem?
Government isn't a person. There isn't any one person responsible for government.
The fact that the harm done by government is impersonal and diffuse, is not an excuse to react personally and specifically.
How far do you take it? Do you get to attack anyone who ever paid taxes (After all, they're helping the government operate).
Now you might draw the line at that, because people are paying under duress, but when you start talking about personal responsibility for the crimes of an amorphous super group like government, its extremely shaky ground to kill someone you've never met, someone whos never directly harmed you and call it self defense.
You'd have to be insanely sure of yourself to start killing random government employees. Emphasis on insanely.