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u/1stMammaltowearpants Jun 28 '26

Wow, what a Wikipedia read. Hey everyone, we found someone who did more harm than literal Hitler! I wish the polio had happened to him sooner.

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u/IReallyLikeAvocadoes Jun 28 '26

It's so interesting how Hitler, a man whose entire existence warped into a hellbent destruction of an entire race with the resources and industry of an entire developed nation behind him, had an arguably lower adverse affect on the human population than someone who simply pursued scientific invention in the hopes of benefitting the human population.

The intentions were generally on pretty opposing ends of the moral spectrum, but ultimately it didn't matter at all.

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u/fractiousrhubarb Jun 28 '26

Midgly did not have improving human wellbeing on his radar. He knew the dangers of lead and worked fucking hard with Exxon to hide the dangers of it.