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That is a ridiculously black and white analysis, people doing evil don't set out with some vague malevolent goal to make the world a worse place for everyone el
by throwaway2048 14y ago
That is a ridiculously black and white analysis, people doing evil don't set out with some vague malevolent goal to make the world a worse place for everyone else. Many times they view what they are doing as a good thing.
I am very afraid indeed of people claiming to do things for my benefit.
Evil is banal, it is every day, and more than likely it happens right in front of your eyes.
People need to shed this comic book villain version of evil, where anybody that acts evil is clearly just a bad person, and starts out with a goal of wanting to hurt everybody else.
- lilsunnybee 14y agoEvil persons act selfishly, with seemingly no respect or consideration for the common good. That seems pretty clear cut to me.
- throwaway2048 14y agonot at all, an example of evil that counters that statement is the forced sterilization programs of the last century in many western countries. That was all about the common good.