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Both the Soviet apparatchiks running the gulags sincerely believed they were acting for the greater good. The same goes for the torturers at Guantanamo. Idealis
by atlantic 3y ago
Both the Soviet apparatchiks running the gulags sincerely believed they were acting for the greater good. The same goes for the torturers at Guantanamo. Idealism doesn't preclude evil.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Idealism doesn't preclude evil. Unchallenged idealism is the root of many evils. If you are convinced of your own righteousness, its very easy to “ends justify the means” almost anything. Its the danger of even a well-motivated person ending up with a cultivation or otherwise in an ideological echo chamber.