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never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence

• Lammy 2y ago
  No. Eradicate this line of thinking from your brain. If the outcome is the same then the intent doesn't matter.
  • GuinansEyebrows 2y ago
    Yes and one provides cover for the other.
  • llmthrow103 2y ago
    In fact, assume the opposite unless you have a reason to assume otherwise (aka a close personal relationship). Giving strangers/businesses that you have no connection to the benefit of the doubt when they harm you is a good way to get taken advantage of.
• o11c 2y ago
  Never contort your reasoning to attribute to incompetence what is much better explained by malice. Especially when politics or money is involved, malice should be the assumed default.