a lot of definitions for evil, but I think a prevailing one should be when you’re granted power to do an endless amount of good in the world and choose to do quite literally the exact opposite.
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John Green shared this Butler quote on his podcast:
“They have no power to improve their lives, but they have the power to make others even more miserable. And the only way to prove to yourself that you have power is to use it.”
—Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower
I can't fathom the mentality. You could feed millions of hungry people and instead you decide to starve them? Why? I know sin is a thing, but my gosh ...
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“They have no power to improve their lives, but they have the power to make others even more miserable. And the only way to prove to yourself that you have power is to use it.”
—Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower