Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "Why I reject the ‘MADMAN HITLER’ myth" video.

  1. When people think of evil people they think of comical evil bad guys from stories. People who just do evil for the sake of it. Not really sane or trying to be evil for no real purpose than to be evil. This isn't how villains work in stories and it's not how evil works in reality. Evil has a *GOAL*. A malicious goal with some deeply personal and dark motivations, but a goal nonetheless. And within that framework is how evil works. They still in many times have moral codes but either not traditional ones or the idea to violate them if it's more effective at attaining their goals. Evil people are still people. And they work like people responding to circumstances as in real terms almost any person would. It's how they forge alliances and create followers. It's how they manage to get to the places that they do. Evil in a real sense is a two-faced lying bastard who uses you and betrays you because it's expedient. Evil is not some random killer who just kills and loots for the sake of it. Even the truly insane of the mass murderers don't simply go full evil. There's a deep and malicious goal. Something they're working toward that they'll act like anyone else as they go to until the goal is finally in sight. Ted Bundy didn't get caught for so long as he was a deeply charismatic man with a deep desire. The desire was simply one which was incredibly dark. Evil is not insane, simply malicious.
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  2. I think this plays into something that a channel called literature devil recently went into with regards to DND and a Villain campaign. I know this sounds completely unrelated but please stick with me: When people think of evil people they think of comical evil bad guys from stories. People who just do evil for the sake of it. Not really sane or trying to be evil for no real purpose than to be evil. This isn't how villains work in stories and it's not how evil works in reality. Evil has a *GOAL*. A malicious goal with some deeply personal and dark motivations, but a goal nonetheless. And within that framework is how evil works. They still in many times have moral codes but either not traditional ones or the idea to violate them if it's more effective at attaining their goals. Evil people are still people. And they work like people responding to circumstances as in real terms almost any person would. It's how they forge alliances and create followers. It's how they manage to get to the places that they do. Evil in a real sense is a two-faced lying bastard who uses you and betrays you because it's expedient. Evil is not some random killer who just kills and loots for the sake of it. Even the truly insane of the mass murderers don't simply go full evil. There's a deep and malicious goal. Something they're working toward that they'll act like anyone else as they go to until the goal is finally in sight. Ted Bundy didn't get caught for so long as he was a deeply charismatic man with a deep desire. The desire was simply one which was incredibly dark. Evil is not insane, simply malicious.
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