I used to think that most people are evil, but I really do think that they're actually too stupid to be capable of evil. Is a wolf evil when it eats you alive? No, it simply doesn't fully understand what it's doing. It's not making you suffer because it wants to - it can't comprehend the concept of suffering at all. How can it prevent you from suffering if it doesn't know what suffering is?
When Boomer Betty and Boomer Bob clap and cheer as the government oppresses the public "for our safety", they're not being evil. They actually believe the vaccines are 100% safe and 100% effective. They actually believe that vaccine skeptics are nazis who hate science and want them to die. And they even actually believe that the government is crushing our throats with its boot purely because it is necessary, and it will help us back to our feet once the pandemic is over. They believe these things fully and uncritically, because they were instructed to. They don't know better. They can't know better.
The media is evil. The government is evil. But the unwashed masses are merely stupid as fuck.
There is a such thing as the banality of evil. To be so ignorant when you have a world of information at your fingertips is a form of evil. Not as bad as those in charge, but they are enablers.
I used to think that most people are evil, but I really do think that they're actually too stupid to be capable of evil. Is a wolf evil when it eats you alive? No, it simply doesn't fully understand what it's doing. It's not making you suffer because it wants to - it can't comprehend the concept of suffering at all. How can it prevent you from suffering if it doesn't know what suffering is?
When Boomer Betty and Boomer Bob clap and cheer as the government oppresses the public "for our safety", they're not being evil. They actually believe the vaccines are 100% safe and 100% effective. They actually believe that vaccine skeptics are nazis who hate science and want them to die. And they even actually believe that the government is crushing our throats with its boot purely because it is necessary, and it will help us back to our feet once the pandemic is over. They believe these things fully and uncritically, because they were instructed to. They don't know better. They can't know better.
The media is evil. The government is evil. But the unwashed masses are merely stupid as fuck.
There is a such thing as the banality of evil. To be so ignorant when you have a world of information at your fingertips is a form of evil. Not as bad as those in charge, but they are enablers.
So, is it evil to try to teach them? It certainly seems to cause them pain trying to hold two antithetical ideas if you point them out.