Gleeful Evil (Was RE: [lbo-talk] Avoiding Bad Taste)

[ravi]

andie nachgeborenen wrote:
> Luke's OK. He just misreads you as saying that you
> think that capitalists rub their hands together and
> laugh with glee when babies are bayoneted, as long as
> the balance sheet is positive. I'd be pretty skeptical
> of that idea too. Like I said, I think they really
> think their interests coincide with the interests of
> the human race.
>

if we are speculating about people's thoughts, why not the more
parsimonious view that they just don't care? there seems to be some
evidence for it, in the wide range of human actions ranging from running
down squirrels with our automobiles to supporting oppressive dictators.

	--ravi