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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
by brabarossa 4y ago
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
- weard_beard 4y agoIf evil has already triumphed it is better to be the last to know.
- a_bonobo 4y agoThen again, there's a million evil things in my news-feed every day about which I can do precisely nothing, usually because they're in a different country. What does me knowing (in depressing detail!) about The Evil Thing I Have No Power About improve the situation in any way?
- danenania 4y agoI think it's valuable to have some baseline level of political knowledge and engagement, but there are definitely diminishing returns beyond that. Past a certain point, it seems to become a negative influence in most people's lives. But being completely apathetic about politics is a bit like not getting vaccinated for measles. It might work out ok for you, but it gets really dangerous when a majority of the population has that mindset.
- Arainach 4y agoIt makes you aware and prepared. Politics is not an island; tactics do not exist in isolation. As soon as one fascist proposes censoring school libraries in one state, others across the country look at the tactic and decide to stop it. It's much easier to proactively stop such things if you are aware of what to watch for.
- galangalalgol 4y ago"they say evil triumphs when good men do nothing, what they should say, is evil triumphs" --from a movie about a guy who just got released from prison im exchange for a sports celebrity.
- brookst 4y ago“The only people absolutely convicted that they are the good guys are the bad guys”