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We Are Up Against 4 Groups of People: Evil, Stupid, Selfish and Cowardly! [1]
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Date: 2025-03-18
I realize all human beings are a bundle of contradictions. I also acknowledge the above categories can - and do - overlap. I admit even good, well-adjusted people endowed with a plenty of common sense can do something evil, stupid, selfish or cowardly at some point in their lives.
Everything a person does could be put on a scale. For example, there's a huge difference between stealing a candy bar from a giant corporation and robbing a bank at gunpoint. Both are wrong, but the impact on society is as different as day is to night.
What is an evil person? I believe it's those who either emotionally enjoy hurting others or hurt others because someone is in their way. In other words, they don't care who they hurt as long as they get what they want.
What is a stupid person? I believe it's when a person refuses to acknowledge reality when they are capable of doing so. I'm not calling someone stupid if it's not willful. When a person doesn't believe 2+2=4 that's willful and plain stupid.
What is a selfish person? It's certainly NOT someone in an airplane emergency who puts their oxygen mask on first. It's the person who has successfully put their own mask on and lets the person sitting close to them flounder and struggle with their mask. Why? Because it's not their problem. Let someone else help.
What is a cowardly person? I believe it's a pattern of letting someone harm you or those you care about without standing up to the villian in some reasonable way. Self-preservation is not cowardice, but allowing someone to consistently walk all over you without consequence is.
I know how incredibly painful it is that only 1 out of 4 people living in the USA voted for evil and evil won. But it's important to reflect upon those who we are up against from both a psychological and philosophical perspective! Leave no tool in the toolbox behind! One of the first rules of winning any war is to know thine enemy!
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