outside of the u.s. "criminal" activity is more amenable to being viewed as "people doing their best for a better life for themselves and their families"
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this is the same revulsion response to things like bribery and tax evasion even though centralized government recognize these just as the emergent aspects of hooman coordination and deal with them the best they can
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take china's one-child-policy. is it *that* hard to believe that the state was just trying to do what's best for everyone as a whole? or is it Absolutely True that some suits just woke up in the morning, got together in a room, and decided "let's be evil as fuck today"
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or take osama bin laden's self described motivations vs as portrayed in the media:https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/5qpioz/redditor_explains_why_radical_terrorists_have/ …
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much of the hell we create arises out of "elite panic". a fundamental distrust in the the nature of goodnesshttps://youtu.be/vT_sKGbP1yY?t=773 …
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It's not that hard to believe, but does it matter? Forcing your view of what's the best for everyone on others via thread of violence is evil, more/less intensely depending on subject. Someone in China believes it is for everyone's best interest that Uighurs disappear. Still evil
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Even if someone is an enemy, knowing your enemy is a good first step towards defeating them
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