Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-1672596-20161024172110/@comment-1672596-20161024180121

Technically, "terrorism" originated with state terrorism, ie, terrorism practiced by a specific government, and got its name as a result of the French Revolution. It wasn't until 1869 when the People's Retribution leader Sergey Nechayev referred to himself as a terrorist that it began being applied widespread for groups that aren't of the government.

And heck, even Marx's communism was derived directly from the French Revolution and especially the Reign of Terror, so no, it definitely was always about slaughtering people for the sheer sake of it.