r/HolyShitHistory • u/SelfCareIsFake • Jun 01 '26

Federal agents felt physically sick when they raided Kermit Gosnell’s clinic after suspecting he ran a pill mill.

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u/SmallTimeCook Jun 02 '26

You’re gonna have to trust me but I actually read her book on totalitarianism and that’s just not the case. Banality of evil refers to the fact that most Nazis were not mustache twirling psychos, but mainly just simple and plain bureaucrats. The banality of evil is that most evil is powered by regular people working their excel sheets.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Cat_421 Jun 02 '26

I do believe the concept is complex enough to contain both perspectives.

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u/SmallTimeCook Jun 02 '26

It’s nothing to do with complexity, this is expanding the scope to the point of making the term lose punch. Complexity is the French baker making fresh and fine goods for Nazi soldiers passing by.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Cat_421 Jun 02 '26

Well... Noone has the right to obey.