Systematic evil is a complex system in which minor and unimportant activities seem meritorious, even virtuous. But, the output of the whole system or the product of connecting the individual actions together, is evil.

The moral haze it creates is that each participant feels that his or her portion of the process is good. Each worker and professional in the system does a good and responsible job. Filing is done well; lawyers fight hard to win, etc. Participants can even feel morally righteous.

But in reality, however, each link in the chain is part of the process that produces the evil. If the participants never look at what they are producing, if they each limit their vision to only their little piece, they never feel responsible for the evil outcome. The evil is blamed on the system—as though the system has a soul and a free will independent of the people who animate it.

Perhaps this is the greatest horror of systemic evil. The group feels no corporate responsibility.

(Reference: http://iwasinprison.org/news/jan25.html)

Is the financial crisis an output of systematic evil? You could argue that it is, but unfortuantely, I get the feeling that the financial crisis was done with people actually knowing what they were doing – really wrong and they used tom play the system.

You get the picture when you read this:

One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society

” Warren Stephens, an investment banking CEO, took the stage in a Confederate flag hat and sang a song about the financial crisis, set to the tune of “Dixie.” (“In Wall Street land we’ll take our stand, said Morgan and Goldman. But first we better get some loans, so quick, get to the Fed, man.”)

“Though the outcome of my efforts has been demonstrably positive, my government continues to treat dissent as defection, and seeks to criminalize political speech with felony charges that provide no defense. However, speaking the truth is not a crime” Snowden says in the letter.

Snowden deserves political asylum in Europe.

letter snowden

Read the comments on YouTube and you see that it has not the effect they probably expected. I agree, that it is JUST LAME.

Some of the comments below the video:

“The video “quit” and by inference, damming critique, obviously touched a nerve. The riposte is so derivative, it highlights the talent lost in Marina’s resignation. I feel sorry for those left behind, forced to perform in public to show loyalty to the company and to assuage management’s hurt feelings.”

“Seriously? This is just lame.”

“They just made a fool out of themeselves. Kudos to Marina for leaving this company.”

“Isn’t it funny how most of the comments agree that this wasn’t funny at all and you just seem stupid? I hate bosses who doesn´t know how to accept a “no”. So you got a big public no and still decided to shoot yourself (and your company) by doing this video saying: “yeah, we don’t care about workers personal life”. Your video will be doing more damage to your company than her video. Good thing: maybe you’ll learn something with this in the future.”

“First, Marina is right for leaving so good for her! Second, just can’t let a person have a moment. And third, are there no other people working her except the Taiwanese Animators and the three white guys? Weird…”

“Lame attempt at damage control.”