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>With truly evil billionaires out there - the Koch brothers come to mind what the fuck do you think gives you the right to claim someone is evil? I literally c

>With truly evil billionaires out there - the Koch brothers come to mind what the fuck do you think gives you the right to claim someone is evil? I literally cannot imagine how much of a goddamn bubble you must live in to think you have any right to call someone evil because their political opinions differ from yours.

k__ 12y ago
Isn't evil as undefined as good?
- pjscott 12y ago
  Although people have different definitions of 'good' and 'evil', in practice most people roughly agree about most of it. Humans have very similar minds. It's easy to lose sight of this, since discussion mostly focuses on the parts where we disagree, but that's some pretty serious selection bias.
  - k__ 12y ago
    I think the opposite is the case. There is a big bunch of people who thing gays are bad or blacks or jews or people who don't believe in their god. The war on drugs also made many people "evil" in the eye of those who don't did drugs, but most of them just were a bunch of spaced-out-hippies.
pistle 12y ago
Let's see... he's a human with his opinions, knowledge, and internet access. He can claim whatever he wants. It's the same thing that gives you the right to ride quixotically in to win the internet for billionaires everywhere this fine day.
cookiecaper 12y ago
A little harsh, but I agree in general. The Koch Brothers spend their money promoting mainstream political causes in a legal, and as far as I know, fairly standard, manner. There are financiers on the left that do the same things, and just as it was silly when the right was foaming at the mouth about Carl Icahn, it's silly when the left foams about the Kochs. It seems that people hate whichever one their chosen media network decides to demonize, but really both are playing according to the rules (as far as I know; neither have been convicted of a crime related to this yet, at least). Some people are just bitter, and specifically, the hacker community has a long-standing issue with tolerance.

k__ 12y ago

Isn't evil as undefined as good?

pjscott 12y ago
Although people have different definitions of 'good' and 'evil', in practice most people roughly agree about most of it. Humans have very similar minds. It's easy to lose sight of this, since discussion mostly focuses on the parts where we disagree, but that's some pretty serious selection bias.
- k__ 12y ago
  I think the opposite is the case. There is a big bunch of people who thing gays are bad or blacks or jews or people who don't believe in their god. The war on drugs also made many people "evil" in the eye of those who don't did drugs, but most of them just were a bunch of spaced-out-hippies.

pistle 12y ago

Let's see... he's a human with his opinions, knowledge, and internet access. He can claim whatever he wants. It's the same thing that gives you the right to ride quixotically in to win the internet for billionaires everywhere this fine day.

cookiecaper 12y ago

A little harsh, but I agree in general. The Koch Brothers spend their money promoting mainstream political causes in a legal, and as far as I know, fairly standard, manner. There are financiers on the left that do the same things, and just as it was silly when the right was foaming at the mouth about Carl Icahn, it's silly when the left foams about the Kochs. It seems that people hate whichever one their chosen media network decides to demonize, but really both are playing according to the rules (as far as I know; neither have been convicted of a crime related to this yet, at least). Some people are just bitter, and specifically, the hacker community has a long-standing issue with tolerance.