• @themaninblackM
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    312 hours ago

    Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity

    • Diplomjodler
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      1811 hours ago

      This is a very outdated idea in our present political and economic climate. The driving principle behind all our problems is very definitely malice, even if it’s couched by several layers of obfuscation. The economic and political system is designed to extract wealth for the ultra rich at the expense of everybody else. That leads to behaviours that will be toxic and damaging, even if the given individual didn’t have any malicious intent.

      • sp3ctr4l
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        11 hour ago

        “The burecracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureacracy.”

    • Flying Squid
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      512 hours ago

      I don’t think there was malice. I’m thinking it’s stupidity either way. If it was intentional, the intent is almost certainly stupid.