Is there a name for this phenomenon? I've taken to calling it "the nihilist's excuse"
I call it race to the moral bottom.
Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqozQ8uaV8
I love it when I can guess what a video is before I click it. Exactly what I hoped it would be.
Similar to false dichotomy. "If we won't do it, <other evil guy> will".
In game theory, prisoner’s dilemma or maybe stag hunt?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_hunt
I think it’s called being a “shithead”
I call it race to the moral bottom.
Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqozQ8uaV8
I love it when I can guess what a video is before I click it. Exactly what I hoped it would be.
Similar to false dichotomy. "If we won't do it, <other evil guy> will".
In game theory, prisoner’s dilemma or maybe stag hunt?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_hunt
I think it’s called being a “shithead”