• varyingExpertise@feddit.org
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      23 hours ago

      I think there’s not that much actual evil, as in pure intent to inflict pain and suffering. There is a lot of focus on short term, personal gain though. Sounds the same, but the latter has a purpose and can be controlled using that purpose.

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        14 hours ago

        I think evil is an underlayment, not mere will to harm, but the force that moves towards destruction. The distinction of actual evil against some psudo-evil is false, a way that it hides itself. When we deny it it’s because we fear its nearness, as we should, because it is even within us, and good doesn’t always win.

        But OP was asking for cynical takes.