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I think this is related to fundamental attribution error. The system is messed up and therefore attracts messed up people in leadership positions, not the other
by kfarr 2y ago
I think this is related to fundamental attribution error. The system is messed up and therefore attracts messed up people in leadership positions, not the other around.
- n4r9 2y agoI guess I miscommunicated the thrust of my argument. It seems to me that the paradox presented in the linked article hinges on an assumption that "nobody wants" there to be suffering. This seems flawed to me. There are plenty of people - some of whom are in positions of great power - who are content to generate a large degree of suffering in order to advance personal goals. This is currently very clear in Ukraine and Gaza. But it applies equally well to people that drive shady mergers and acquisitions at the cost of the consumer, or people that push drugs at the cost of addicts' health and relationships. It's not "nobody wants this", but "sufficiently many people are sufficiently apathetic to continue this state of affairs".