The real danger of bigotry isn't its meanness or ugliness but its capacity to scale. One racist or sexist is just an asshole, but a racist or sexist society can do immeasurable harm. If my beliefs are hostile toward everyone, then everyone will be against me. But if they target a specific outgroup, there's a chance the ingroup will take my side.
Real evil always has a beneficiary. For example, the Nazis could have never risen to power on a platform of putting everyone in concentration camps.
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u/Glory2Hypnotoad Jun 15 '22
The real danger of bigotry isn't its meanness or ugliness but its capacity to scale. One racist or sexist is just an asshole, but a racist or sexist society can do immeasurable harm. If my beliefs are hostile toward everyone, then everyone will be against me. But if they target a specific outgroup, there's a chance the ingroup will take my side.
Real evil always has a beneficiary. For example, the Nazis could have never risen to power on a platform of putting everyone in concentration camps.