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>Most evil in the world is perpetrated not by evil people, but by people with good intentions who believe they know what is best for others, and believe that ju
by devwastaken 5y ago
>Most evil in the world is perpetrated not by evil people, but by people with good intentions who believe they know what is best for others, and believe that justifies forcing it on those others.
Other way around. Evil would convince you that leaded gasoline is fine, and that "good intentions" of regulating lead out of gas are evil because government power.
- AbrahamParangi 5y agoThe architects of the really big atrocities, the holocausts, genocides and purges, argued them necessary for the greater good.
- devwastaken 5y agoThat's the excuse given, not the reason. It's like saying "evil starts with science papers" because some scientists affiliated with the nazi party published artificial information that made racism look scientific and correct. The bigger justices, like the U.S. bill of rights - that's for the greater good. Having laws and order. That's for the greater good too. As are judges, police, government, etc. All the greater good that requires people to comply.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoPrivate companies justify their abuse by playing the "greater good" line too. From "we're gonna change the world" slogan that was the in every 2010s startup's marketing copy, through spinning "disruption" as something good, all the way to the usual corporate talk about creating jobs and innovation.