Re:Gandhi Letter to Adolf Hitler
by mmooss on Sunday November 17, 2024 @05:41PM
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> It would imply that denying one's own wrongdoings is a necessary prerequisite for being actually evil.
It just came to mind that in studying IT security I read a criminolgy expert (not specific to IT), who said that criminals need a justification or rationalization; iirc examples include 'this big company steals from ordinary people', 'they won't miss it', etc.
Despite the Silicon Valley fantasy and the neo-alt-whatever attempt to condition people otherwise, humans are inherently moral. Sociopaths are very rare. Even criminals need a rationalization.
Look how much effort political leaders put into giving people a rationale, even awful people like Hitler, Stalin, etc.
It just came to mind that in studying IT security I read a criminolgy expert (not specific to IT), who said that criminals need a justification or rationalization; iirc examples include 'this big company steals from ordinary people', 'they won't miss it', etc.
Despite the Silicon Valley fantasy and the neo-alt-whatever attempt to condition people otherwise, humans are inherently moral. Sociopaths are very rare. Even criminals need a rationalization.
Look how much effort political leaders put into giving people a rationale, even awful people like Hitler, Stalin, etc.