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Just to be clear, you are claiming that doing the wrong thing because someone else is also doing a wrong thing is going to make things better because "they dese

Just to be clear, you are claiming that doing the wrong thing because someone else is also doing a wrong thing is going to make things better because "they deserve it". Sounds like a vicious circle to me. Who is going to think that YOU "deserve it"? Also, by choosing to work for a bad actor, you would be enabling them, purely out of a selfish motive. People making ethical choices is one of the (many) things that make the world a better place.

stale2002 6y ago
> because someone else is also doing a wrong thing is going to make things better It is ok to do wrong things against people who are doing bad things to you, yes. The obvious example, would be you are being attacked, and you defend yourself with violence, which is normally "wrong". > Who is going to think that YOU "deserve it"? The other side is already engaging in these actions. Just accepting the bad actions against yourself, without a counter response, just leaves you open to being taken advantage of. > People making ethical choices is one of the (many) things that make the world a better place. Yes, and it is ethical to punish and retaliate against bad actors, so that they don't get away with the bad thing. In the same way that it is ethical to defend yourself against assault, even though violence is normally wrong.