blacktrance comments on Are Your Enemies Innately Evil? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 February 2014 02:51:12PM -2 points [-]

Nah, some of us are entirely well aware of the fact that we're just plain evil. It's just that, at a certain point, you look at the things that the vast supermajority of the human race consider Good and Virtuous, like noble kings who pull swords from stones, hard labor on farms, and their local army. Then you look at the things the vast supermajority of the human race consider Evil and Scummy, like democratically-elected officials, premarital sex, video games, and peace activists.

And then, you realize that judging by the set of things you found appealing, you must be Evil, and you might as well embrace it.

Comment author: blacktrance 03 February 2014 03:36:39PM -1 points [-]

I'm confused. By "evil" do you mean "what the supermajority of the world considers Evil"?

Comment author: [deleted] 03 February 2014 03:47:13PM -1 points [-]

Basically, yes. I am what the supermajority of the world considers Evil: a damn dirty democratic socialist who wants people to stop obsessing over stupid bullshit and have fun together.

The mere fact that this sounds pretty ok when I say it outright just means I have creepy mind-control powers.

Comment author: blacktrance 03 February 2014 03:52:46PM 0 points [-]

But you don't actually think you're evil. You think you're good, you just recognize that people think you're evil.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 February 2014 04:02:24PM -1 points [-]

No, I think the terminology is democratically determined.