Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice (Read 1137 times)

aletheuo137

Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice
« on: December 15, 2022, 08:42:24 AM »
Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Flapp_Jackson

Re: Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2022, 10:57:11 AM »
One of the reasons we have a Republic vs. a Democracy.

Purely Democratic rule is nothing more than mob rule.  And it's too easy to convince stupid people to vote against their interests and the interests of those who suffer most.

This is why the Dims want 16 year olds to vote. 

It's why Dims harvest ballots -- delivering mail-in votes for the people too stupid and/or lazy to do it themselves.

Some people shouldn't be voting.  Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Rocky

Re: Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2022, 10:59:22 AM »
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”
                                                           Franklin D. Roosevelt

hvybarrels

Stop blaming lazy people. We didn’t do anything.