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The "banality of evil" was originally used to describe the bureaucrats who enabled the mass-murder of Holocaust victims (Godwin's law strikes again!). Their act
by defen 2y ago
The "banality of evil" was originally used to describe the bureaucrats who enabled the mass-murder of Holocaust victims (Godwin's law strikes again!). Their actual goal, the primary outcome they were trying to maximize, was murdering Jewish people and other "undesirables". I don't think this guy was trying to do anything on that level. I don't think he sat down every day and said "how do we kill more people?" Rather, he was working within a really bad system that has bad incentives and no one knows how to fix it.
- DrillShopper 2y ago[flagged]
- defen 2y agoWas this guy uniquely evil, as far as health care executives go? Like...if more of them get murdered, will you just shrug and say "yeah they kinda had it coming"?
- vundercind 2y ago> Was this guy uniquely evil, as far as health care executives go? I think if you poll the people taking this as a good thing, you will get an overwhelming answer of “probably not”, and the implications are exactly what you suppose.
- drewbug01 2y agoThere’s an awful lot of wiggle room in the “more of them” phrase, so I suppose the only realistic answer is “it depends.” But speaking more generally - I think a lot of people would, indeed, shrug. The US healthcare system is one of the most miserable parts of living in this country and virtually everyone has had to deal with it at some point. And whether or not they deserve the direct blame, insurance execs (and pharma execs, etc) directly profit from that misery. I think a lot of people are not going to shed a single tear over events like this.