I know it's a cliché, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. People forget, most evil is created by good people trying to do good. The biggest trick the devil played was making us all believe evil is (always) easy to identify. But all the sayings are about how the devil is sly, tricks you, and sneaks up on you. All of that is to remind us how hard it is to do good. You don't have to be an evil person to create evil. Often you don't have to do anything at all, as inaction is still an action. Pull the lever or not, you've still made a decision.

The problem is so complex that every action you take compounds and extends far beyond what you realize. Especially as we're living in such a connected world. Those ripples propagate through all the ponds we've connected together.

I don't think it's money, convenience, or any of that. I think it's just that the world is getting more and more complicated. That our actions and inactions have larger and larger effects. We've done a lot of good, but we've also made it a lot easier to feel the flapping of a butterfly's wings on the other side of the planet.

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not_kurt_godel 16 hours ago | parent [-]

> most evil is created by good people trying to do good

Citation needed.

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godelski 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Look at your username then look at mine.

You ask me to prove something essentially unprovable. Prove to me that most evil is created by people trying to do evil. It'll be equally as difficult to prove as you can't look in the minds of those doing evil. And you also can't trust what's coming out of their mouth.

I gave you some evidence in indirect form. I'll give you another saying: "for the greater good." There's no doubt people doing wrong want to justify their actions so that they do not view themselves as evil. So go ahead and look at your username and look at mine, then follow the line of logic

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not_kurt_godel 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Ok, since you don't care about evidence-based reasoning, I say: You are wrong. Most evil is created by people trying to do evil.

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godelski 13 hours ago | parent [-]

If you're going to troll, do better. You can't just pretend to be illiterate. You know I gave evidence lol

	▲	not_kurt_godel 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ah my apologies, I forgot to cite my source, which is the devil (just a coincidence it's the same as yours).