The incentive at the root of evil is to destroy and twist what is beautiful and good, because the evil side cannot create things like the good side can.

You see this with Marxism, they build ugly buildings, break apart families, only loyalty to the state is allowed, no pleasure even. Nothing of the GOOD that God intended for people. They also change the meaning of words to accomplish their goals.

It’s a framework of humanity explained in the Bible, the devil rebels from God out of frustration, pride, and envy. The devil then starts twisting God’s creation into things that the devil claims as is own. The devil tries to make the things as ugly and terrible as possible so that God will not take them back or forgive them. (God wins in the end because Christ sacrificed himself for the ugliest and most terrible anyway.)

I’m not sure of the secular analogy.

To me I don’t see another way these core devs could be so flippant, dismissive, and arrogant about the most important software project on earth, with very little sense of humility or stewardship.

Either way- many are not consciously doing harm, the truth will wake them up sooner or later.