jon quixote: Carson Wells : Do you have any idea how crazy you are? Anton Chigurh : You mean the nature of this conversation? Carson Wells : I mean the nature of you. imo Chigurh represents chaos, a lack of fate beyond an inevitable death; his justifications for violence only underline the meaninglessness of it

I think about this line a lot these days.

This is an argument for the ends justifying the means. It's an argument for heartless nihilism. I'm not sure that's what you're getting at, right?

He's essentially saying "Why have you ever restrained yourself from harming other people if the end is you being harmed? How foolish?"

Carson Wells : Do you have any idea how crazy you are? Anton Chigurh : You mean the nature of this conversation? Carson Wells : I mean the nature of you. imo Chigurh represents chaos, a lack of fate beyond an inevitable death; his justifications for violence only underline the meaninglessness of it

it’s a good line, but in context simply a justification for his own actions; some edgelord “my rule is there’s no rules” hokum

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