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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 11
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    Growing sense of genuine evil in the air. Not things that could be interpreted as evil, or have effects that some might judge unconscionable. Genuine evil as in deeply malicious intentions directed against large groups and pursuing plans that aim to harm them as primary effect.

    7:04 PM - 11 Apr 2020
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      2. Brandon Hudgeons‏ @bhudgeons Apr 11
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        entropy

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 15
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        EVIL ENTROPY

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      2. (((William Funk)))‏ @wmfunk2848 Apr 11
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        Rather than asking you to identify specific malign politicians, as you would have done so if you wished, my q is whether you sense it from pols or from discrete groups, and more in the US or outside? Or is this a generalized mob forming?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 11
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        Snowballing pattern of opportunistic activity pursued by the GOP over 4 years that’s reaching a peak now under cover of a pandemic.

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      2. Gregory Rose‏ @grrosegr Apr 12
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        You know that’s wrong and these people are just confused about what they should be doing. You can help them see that

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 12
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        Nope. They are far from confused. A case of “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

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      2. Malcolm  🌎cean‏ @Malcolm_Ocean Apr 11
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        from Carse's Finite & Infinite Games: > Evil is the termination of infinite play... to eliminate the play of another regardless of the rules. > Evil is never intended as evil. Indeed, the contradiction inherent in all evil is that it originates in the desire to eliminate evil.

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      3. earthling‏ @csageland Apr 12
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        h/t @ifIknewIdtellya what would happen if we normalize the recognition of malice? if we recognize it, what are the actions we need to take?

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      1. Eddie Dempsey‏ @Roi_Eddie Apr 11
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        I miss premium mediocrity:(

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        Yes. You feel it too.http://www.lapsuslima.com/covidian-aesthetics-iv-the-baroque-and-the-possessed/ …

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