Good and evil. Good and bad. Both exist in the world. One has always served as a frame of reference for the other. There are more good people than bad, or at least more people who identify with trying to be good than those who pride themselves on being bad. It’s just that the bad ones move more earth somehow, get more press, more attention and headlines.
Good people aren’t preoccupied with conquest; evil people tend to be heartless and driven and selfish, and they go to great lengths to get their way. They enjoy sowing chaos. They care much less about who they step on, they are unmoved by ruined lives and in fact may even revel in causing great pain and suffering. Or maybe they just view such things as the necessary by-products of “doing business.”
The bad ones often find ways to attain positions of status and power, with the intention of never relinquishing these things.
Bad people want others to be bad, or to give up hope that the world could be a better, more peaceful place. They twist words, they manipulate, and sow dissatisfaction and doubt—the bread and butter of their trade. Their goal is to convince everyone that bad is good, all in the service of holding on to power and handing down edicts.
They are somehow convinced that they alone know what’s best for everybody.
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