You become capable of evil when you discover one other person whom you consider both weaker than you, and morally inferior to you. Someone you feel you can righteously hurt without feeling guilt.
Innocence ends the moment you think you’ve met someone you can judge and punish.
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Imagine doing this at the level of civilizations. Churchill thought that Indians were both weaker and morally inferior.
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I found the TV series "Bully Beatdown" enormously enlightening.
It's amazing how similar the bullies were in their 2 principal justifications.
(1) It's natural for the strong to bully the weak.
(2) I'm actually trying to *help* the victim become stronger.
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