Neal Stephenson Quotes About Witch Trials
-
Even the best of us have certain psychological mechanisms that can suddenly kick in and turn us into monsters. That to me is the basic message of events like the rise of Nazism, the Salem witch trials, and so on: not that bad people do bad things, but that good people do bad things. It's distressingly easy for those mechanisms to be triggered, either consciously by demagogues, or naively by people who think they're trying to do the right thing. Which is why I think it's more akin to tic-tac-toe.
→ -
That to me is the basic message of events like the rise of Nazism, the Salem witch trials, and so on: not that bad people do bad things, but that good people do bad things.
→
Popular Topics
- Do Not Judge
- Black Nationalism
- Sierra Leone
- Definition Of Leadership
- Syntax
- Legitimate Government
- Vow Of Silence
- Hazel Grace
- Enjoying The Moment
- Immortal Highlander
- Happiest Man
- Environmental Damage
- Religion God
- Sub Saharan Africa
- Anti Christian
- Republicanism
- Economic Competition
- Sinfulness
- Trustworthiness
- Plot Lines