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Why does it feel like evil is winning globally? (reddthat.com)

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Why does it feel that the evil sides globally are winning. Even evil people are winning. Why?

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I saw on Mastodon someone say something kinda like this: good people don't feel the need to dominate others.

Evil isn't "winning" as much as it is "on top." If you look around, talk to your neighbours and such, you'll see that good and reasonable people are everywhere; good is the overwhelming majority.

That being said, positions of power are chased and coveted by those obsessed with power, and those aren't good people. Good people need to take charge, but it's

in a way

against their nature to do so.

[–] skulblaka 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 38 minutes ago

I've heard this before, but I had no idea it came from the Hitchhiker's Guide... Cool :D