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No you're right, it's a better label. I just am too much of a believer/anarchist to see loyalty as any better than grift. A grifter does their own evil, a loy
by __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
No you're right, it's a better label.
I just am too much of a believer/anarchist to see loyalty as any better than grift. A grifter does their own evil, a loyalist does someone else's. I'm not sure which is more repugnant but I'm sure that my view on this is quite biased. I guess that makes me the target audience re:
> this article is really aimed at people who are trying to have a bit more empathy for the assholes they work with
- gchamonlive 2y agoThis discussion would benefit a lot from The Banality of Evil, but I'm definitely not the best one to introduce it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichmann_in_Jerusalem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichmann_in_Jerusalem But I think it would very much argue in favor of people being on average more like loyalists. Just regular Joes trying to get a promotion and causing untold damage in the process.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoI had heard the phrase, but didn't know where it came from. Based on the wiki, I think I'm inclined to agree with the author. Do you recommend it? I could use something a bit less abstract than my typical fare...
- gchamonlive 2y agoI didn't read the book, that's above my paygrade. But a good introduction would be the episode on Philosophize This about the author