I used to believe in Hanlon’s razor.
That it was inaccurate to attribute things to malice which could be explained by incompetence.
Complete bullshit.
It’s all malice.
The incompetence is purposeful.
The incompetents are put in place by the malicious in order to obfuscate their ill intent.
That's how the corporate administrative state controls the dumb and easily manipulated politician
Replace “incompetence” with “incentives” and I buy that
I agree, people in general cannot be this incompetent on a daily basis 🙄.
Have you heard of CK’s razor?
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" is a good aphorism. It should not matter if someone thinks they are trying to save the world, or even thinks they are the one that can do it. At a society level, only the results of actions matter. I think the whole, "they mean well", or "they are just incompetent", is I gigantic psyop invented by rulers to not hold them accountable.
That's quite a nihilistic viewpoint, isn't it?
No, it's quite accurate which is just truth. Weaponized incompetence, indifference, sexism/racism, personal trauma, lack of self-awareness are all malicious even if the person acting on them doesn't quite grasp it. If they hold no personal responsibility for their actions, especially in this day & age where therapy is readily available, they are doing it purposefully to hurt another.
Not at all. It means there are people out there making the world worse. Those people can be dealt with. They can be prosecuted. They can be removed from their positions. They can be replaced with better people.
No doubt there is such people, but I don't agree that all incompetence in positions of responsibility is a result of malicious planning.
Epstein's razor
Hanlon's razor isn't about accuracy; it's more like giving the benefit of a doubt. That is, the default presumption should be unintentional incompetence until there is no reasonable doubt of malice. Purposeful incompetence, on the other hand, is itself a form of malice; so it's still consistent with Hanlon's razor to call it malice when you see it.
