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I think this train of thought might be headed towards what Hannah Arendt described as the "banality of evil"[1]. An average person with a mundane office job th
by st_goliath 5y ago
I think this train of thought might be headed towards what Hannah Arendt described as the "banality of evil"[1].
An average person with a mundane office job that happens to be for e.g. a certain government agency (to stay with the example), indirectly causing all kinds of mayhem elsewhere that is largely beyond their comprehension, simply because it's all neatly abstracted away from them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banality_of_evil#The_Banality_of_Evil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banality_of_evil#The_Banality_...
- ahelwer 5y agoOh yes, this is a rich area for writers. There's also the famous quote from Gravity's Rainbow: "A million bureaucrats are diligently plotting death and some of them even know it." (please don't try to read that wretched book on the strength of this single quote)
- neatze 5y agoAt least on wallstreet, early on I noticed, sometimes people simply lose awareness (social interaction play's critical role) and end up doing illegal things, without knowing it, some end up in jail. I think if person ends up in amoral/illegal group, eventually he will end up doing amoral/illegal/unethical things, there is no guard except to avoid such groups proactively.
- NaturalPhallacy 5y ago"If you want to do something evil, put it in something boring."