Can the good with the bad ever?



To answer this question I would like to draw the reader's attention to a few facts I have observed—


1. The incapable or the weak never get along with the powerful.


2. One with many/many with many never succeeds.


3. Tolerance never goes hand in hand with intolerance.


Another thing related to the above three statements that is often noticed in practice is that power, pluralism and intolerance lead us mainly to "bad" ("intolerance" may be thought of by some readers as synonymous with "bad", but it is (not necessarily; intolerance of injustice can also be shown) although this "bad" is not "bad" to those in power, the majority or intolerant (rather, it is actually "good" in their eyes)! It is "bad" for their opponents. Conversely, what is "good" in the eyes of the weak, minority or tolerant is "bad" in the eyes of their opponents.


A little confusion may be necessary here because the reader may think that I am talking about two things - once I said that power leads us to evil, and again I said that it is a matter of bad-good attitude! So "power leads to evil" is not also a view (of the weak)?


The answer is that "bad" or "good" is not just a difference of perspective because it is possible to evaluate the perspective based on our values. For example, oppressing the people through the exercise of power is good for my staying in power but not good for human welfare; While depriving women of education and financial freedom is good for religious discipline, it is a hindrance to individual freedom and human rights. In applying the criteria of values, therefore, some views are more desirable, but unfortunately they do not appear to be the views of the powerful, the majority or the intolerant.

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