β² 581 βΌ Make it about me (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by ivonalanna@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 218 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] houstoneulers@lemmy.world -9 points 2 years ago (2 children) The vast majority of ppl are decent. If others can't find them, that's a them problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I'm kinda with you on this. People are complex and for the most of their time they behave okaish. permalink fedilink source parent [+] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz -6 points 2 years ago (2 children) No. Most people drive cars, despite the fact that they know cars are destroying all life on earth. Most people are capable of rationalising their behaviour to remove culpability for the consequences of their actions. Most people are evil, in the same kind of banal way that most people in Nazi Germany accepted the new way of doing things and didn't fight back, because they felt they had too much to lose from resisting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichmann_in_Jerusalem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] hightrix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [β] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Lmao, way to deflect. I didn't say most ppl aren't evil (not even addressing that your definition of evil isn't even universally agreed upon), but I did say most ppl are actually pretty empathetic to the plight of others and thus decent in that regard. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I'm kinda with you on this. People are complex and for the most of their time they behave okaish. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz -6 points 2 years ago (2 children) No. Most people drive cars, despite the fact that they know cars are destroying all life on earth. Most people are capable of rationalising their behaviour to remove culpability for the consequences of their actions. Most people are evil, in the same kind of banal way that most people in Nazi Germany accepted the new way of doing things and didn't fight back, because they felt they had too much to lose from resisting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichmann_in_Jerusalem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] hightrix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [β] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Lmao, way to deflect. I didn't say most ppl aren't evil (not even addressing that your definition of evil isn't even universally agreed upon), but I did say most ppl are actually pretty empathetic to the plight of others and thus decent in that regard. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Lmao, way to deflect. I didn't say most ppl aren't evil (not even addressing that your definition of evil isn't even universally agreed upon), but I did say most ppl are actually pretty empathetic to the plight of others and thus decent in that regard. permalink fedilink source parent
