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Re:Germany’s biggest companies are ditching the fatherland by jdasdf on Saturday July 15, 2023 @07:26AM (#36735566)
You're absolutely correct, but for people who have spent their whole lives supporting theft, grift and coercion, it's difficult for them to see themselves as evil.

Like Paul birch said [1]:

> Why do people react this way? Why do they hide? Why are they unable to face the truth? Because the truth would be painful. Not only would they be forced to re-evaluate their whole outlook on life, in a costly paradigm shift that any rational person will wish to avoid; *they would also have to accept that their customary behaviour and cherished beliefs have been wrong; not merely mistaken, but ethically and morally inexcusable.* They would have to admit, to themselves even more than to the world, that they have given aid and comfort to thugs and thieves and murderers, that they have aided and abetted banditry and oppression and fraud, that they are themselves thieves and plunderers and oppressors — in short *that they are evil.*

[1]https://mindstalk.net/paulbirch/Emotional%20Capital%20Blocks...

Re:Germany’s biggest companies are ditching the fatherland by brazzy on Saturday July 15, 2023 @10:33AM (#36737144)
It's funny how all of that can be applied without any changes at all to attack libertarianism (or anything, really).

It is infact you, the person you are agreeing with, and Paul Birch who have spent their whole lives supporting theft, grift and coercion.

Re:Germany’s biggest companies are ditching the fatherland by wernercd on Saturday July 15, 2023 @11:16AM (#36737569)
"it's difficult for them to see themselves as evil."

because they aren't evil. The vast majority of people are good and follow the rules as set forth (unless you follow the rule that all people break the laws so it's not like poor people are more "pure" in any sense".

Capitalists aren't evil because they do stuff that makes money any more than poor people are evil because they aren't smart enough, don't work hard enough, aren't lucky enough to have skill, etc.

Musk and Bezo's aren't "Evil" unless in your world view evil means "successful". And that's a shit world view.

or let me spin it this way...

You're absolutely correct, but for people who have spent their whole lives being victims, being jealous and not being willing to work hard enough doing stuff that's valuable to society, it's difficult for them to see themselves as the cause of their failure.