"The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants" — Albert Camus

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[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

What's sad is most tyrants are so narcissistic they actually think if everyone just does what they say, then the world will automatically be better. They think their understanding of the world is so much better than everyone else's, that they have the antidote to all the pains of the world.

And then the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Some might.

Some might be well aware.

And I think some might actually have some of the antidotes, but not want to share them for reasons.

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And then the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Can I expand on this a bit? The common phrasing here is a little poor in its logic and doing a simple validity test with variations and inversion doesn't yield a positive result either, for example: the road to paradise is paved with bad intentions (possible). Or the road to hell is not paved with good intentions (also possible) etc. etc.

To dissect it better, the proper reasoning is that the road to hell is actually paved with personal feelings enacted as good intentions, toward hap-hazard agendas resulting in unfavorable outcomes. While an inverse variation: the road to paradise being paved with good intentions- after an impersonal reconciliation with personal feelings concluding towards an agenda that results in favorable outcomes.

Yes. There are impersonal feelings and then personal feelings. The impersonal aspect is collective while the personal tends to be individuated. The reconciliation of the two would merit a better outcome with a better agenda, but people take stuff too personally (not impersonally) due to situational pressures thereby sabotaging that reconciliation. You know, like some tyrants and whatnot.

[–]definitelyanewuser 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's, just like, your opinion man!

[–]beermeem 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds like all the people I know of a certain political persuasion.