@rgollub It is human nature not to want to accept this. This is what Arendt was talking about when she coined the phrase "banality of evil." We want to believe bad people are somehow different from us, that we can somehow easily recognize them, because that makes life easier. It's not true.
The CEO who was shot this week was not a good person. In fact, he was a criminal:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-sold-stocks-b2659093.html
This is insider trading. Insider trading is illegal for a reason.
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Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 21:06:36 JST Jonathan Kamens