I’m still used to thinking that evil people are mostly caused by material factors and their environment, but with all the stuff I’ve been seeing recently, I’m slowly becoming more and more open to the idea that “sometimes evil is just evil”.
I’m still used to thinking that evil people are mostly caused by material factors and their environment, but with all the stuff I’ve been seeing recently, I’m slowly becoming more and more open to the idea that “sometimes evil is just evil”.
Start with the material conditions (relations rather than stresses) leading to the idea; it should stop any metaphysical immutable explanations. As Marx said nothing human is alien (though imperialism amd fascism really tests the waters for me). As westerners have defined their westernism intriniscally linked to the exploitation of the other and until that relationship changes it will be difficult to have a western identity separate to that.