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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophy · 10 years ago

Why is the evil side of humanity underestimated?

No matter how many mass murders and assorted atrocities are committed throughout history there seems to be this prevailing attitude among normal people that, "If it doesn't make sense to me, why would anybody do it?" People who think like this fail to see that the depravity that leads to heinous deeds is completely without reason. The most evil humans have this all consuming desire to do as much harm to others as they possibly can. They'll invent any reason they can fathom and even manage to spread their mania like a disease. I only bring this up now, because folks by and large have this attitude that nothing horrible can happen in this day and age, because we as a race are just beyond that "phase" now. It isn't a phase to be passed and not repeated. It's a cycle, and it will be repeated.

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  • 10 years ago
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    Well we still got the illuminati, masons along with their bohemian grove ritual, bilderberg group, rockefeller, rothschild, Democrat & Republicans and Bush. I can't think of a bigger disease on this planet. murdering innocent people for sick greedy reasons, along with BS cover up stories. Your getting sleeeepy, very sleeepy, we fluoridate your water, and spray tons of Chemtrails.....mind control with crappy message music...hollywood movies keeping you busy while we take control and start to depopulate!!! (Some def don't pay attention to all the signs they throw at you in the movies.)

    def is a cycle isn't it? except for the many starting to wake up and DO something about it.

    ONE LOVE

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Because evil is, by nature, outside the norm. Most people aren't like that. But those who are think everyone else thinks this way, too. Just like you suggested . . .because 'normal people' can't fathom it, they think others probably won't, either. But those who DO think about this stuff, who think of "doing evil" similarly believe that everyone else thinks evil thoughts or at least should be attuned to it.

  • 10 years ago

    It's underestamated because it is underpopulated. The vast majority of people are peaceful.

    10000 sheep won't notice 1 or 2 wolves.

  • 10 years ago

    It is not underestimated. If everytime evil was commited, people had to undergo a quantum shift in their lifestyles, we would be cockroaches by now

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    it's not because karma comes back and bites them in the butt. Do you every wonder why innocent people are abducted, raped or murdered? Maybe it's cos they did something real bad in their past lives.

  • 10 years ago

    Ignorance is bliss.

  • Julia
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Those people are few and far between, so thankfully its rare.

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