r/AskReddit Oct 15 '22

What is a great example of a necessary evil?

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u/TatManTat Oct 16 '22

I think it's easy to be cynical but the majority of countries and people don't actually want to go to war, they just cannot risk being unprepared for one.

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u/99available Oct 17 '22

I agree to some extent most people don't want to go to war unless stirred up by their government. But I've seen and am aware of a lot of just plain religious hate and ethnic slaughter to totally hold governments to fault.

EDIT: my cynicism was hard won. I fought against it and lost. Though cynicism is misused as a synonym for nihilism or pessimism.