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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 26 Aug 2018
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    Made up a term: “Complicity Hitler.” An average-performing human in a system that is judged to be Totally Evil, and therefore ends up judged as a Complicity Hitler via pro-rata share of systemic evil. Example: “Omigod you used a straw at Starbucks, you’re a Complicity Hitler!”

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 26 Aug 2018
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        Sufficient stupidity is the only credible moral defense against being judged a Complicity Hitler. What your brain cannot grok, your conscience cannot be expected to bother you about. If a conscience is maladaptive, stupidity may even be adaptive within a complex evil system.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 26 Aug 2018
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        Never be smarter than required by the narrowest definition of your job. Plausible morality.

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      2. Jesse Lawler  ⚡‏ @Lawlerpalooza 26 Aug 2018
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        Like it, but what about "Fractional Hitler"? Seems to match the concept a bit more closely.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 26 Aug 2018
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        Not quite if 10 people are part of a system that’s judged to be 10 hitlers worth of evil, they can each be judged to be a full Complicity Hitler

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      2. Dave Babbitt‏ @dbabbitt 27 Aug 2018
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        How is this related to the concept of original sin? It sounds Noahic.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 27 Aug 2018
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        Yeah it struck me it sounds similar but I don't know enough about christian theology to comment

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      1. Dave Babbitt‏ @dbabbitt 28 Aug 2018
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        It also sounds a lot like taxation: the average-performing human in a system that is judged to be Totally Evil (Capitalism, because people end up stuck at the bottom) ends up being taxed at a pro-rata share.

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      1. Michael Porcelli‏ @michaelporcelli 26 Aug 2018
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        If everyday people can become complicity Hitler for using straws, this elevates the Actual Hitler to Full Mecha Wolfenstein Hitler

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