Hanlon's Razor is for a situation where good faith can be assumed, or the benefit of the doubt given. When the actors involved have shown themselves to be self

Hanlon's Razor is for a situation where good faith can be assumed, or the benefit of the doubt given. When the actors involved have shown themselves to be self-interested, bad-faith, or otherwise undeserving of the benefit of the doubt, it can be abandoned, and malice assumed where it has been clearly present before.