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RE: Evil. Should we keep it simple and stop trying to put it in a box?
Very similar to my thinking.. The worst kind of evil seems to be spreading in the West right now, and that is the evil of collectivism.
Collective ideologies are responsible for the very worst in human behavior... Pol Pot, Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Idi-Armin, Kim Jong-Il, Lenin, Brezhnev, Kim IL Sung... All responsible for millions of deaths, in the name of the collective "good"..
Collectivism is a good word for it as ultimately collectivism tends to be about intolerance.
One of Ayn Rand's best quotes, "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."
Collectivism claims to embrace everyone, but by definition is against the individual. Since society is made up of individuals, it is an ideology that is always doomed to fail..
Well said. I remember seeing Rand saying that but I had forgotten. Thank you. Yes, I am a fan of Ayn Rand's works.