In the political context, it is a form of mass incitement that will statistically result in probable violence, while providing those inciting the violence a veneer of legal deniability (“no one could have foreseen,” etc.).As an example, when Donald Trump suggested that his violent supporters might want to employ ‘Second Amendment” remedies against Hillary Clinton, Trump was engaging in stochastic terrorism. Trump engages in this kind of tactic on a regular basis at his rallies and through his tweets. It is the most likely reason that several prominent Democrats have been systematically attacked with pipe bombs over the last few days. Direct incitement of his supporters to commit murder could and would carry stiff legal penalties (including imprisonment) for Trump, so indirect incitement—aka stochastic terrorism—is his favored method.