thewimsey

thewimsey t1_j26m0pd wrote

That's not Arendt's actual argument.

Eichmann knew what he was doing, and that it was bad. He just didn't care because he subordinated that to other goals.

An algorithm can't be evil. It can just be a bad algorithm. You might as well say that a sticking speedometer that causes you to speed is evil.

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thewimsey t1_j26kdvy wrote

>when capitalism is right there being the most banal and most evil thing humanity has yet to contend with

This is ridiculous.

>Angry rate downs despite rising inequality, authoritarianism, climate change, and the threat of nuclear war - all at once.

It's because you don't seem to know anything about history, where inequality was much worse, authoritarianism involved dictators, actual fascists, and a much much greater threat of nuclear war.

I'm not sure why you want to blame climate change on capitalism rather than on, oh, humanity. Capitalism is extremely green compared to the ecological disasters created every day by communism.

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