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minus-squareTheObviousSolution@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·24 hours agoAlthough Hanlon’s razor says “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”, I’d argue never misjudge malicious intent for stupidity. The first makes you just look a bit dumb, the second makes you a victim.
minus-squareBogeyTheSwear@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 hours agoWhat if the stupidity is caused by decades of malicious dismantling of the education system?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 hours agoi’m introducing Marx’ Flaming Laser Sickle, which says that i don’t give a fuck about the underlying cause if the effect is fascism.
minus-squaretomkatt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoAfter a certain tipping point, stupidity en masse becomes indistinguishable from malice. The result is more important than the intent.
minus-squarePlantDadManGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·14 hours agoReddit’s razor? Harambe’s razor?
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·24 hours agoI think there does come a point where stupidity and malice are basically the same thing.
Although Hanlon’s razor says “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”, I’d argue never misjudge malicious intent for stupidity. The first makes you just look a bit dumb, the second makes you a victim.
What if the stupidity is caused by decades of malicious dismantling of the education system?
i’m introducing Marx’ Flaming Laser Sickle, which says that i don’t give a fuck about the underlying cause if the effect is fascism.
After a certain tipping point, stupidity en masse becomes indistinguishable from malice. The result is more important than the intent.
Reddit’s razor? Harambe’s razor?
I think there does come a point where stupidity and malice are basically the same thing.