Bonhoeffer’s “theory of stupidity”: We have more to fear from stupid people than evil ones....good read....

[downbound123]

Bonhoeffer's "theory of stupidity": We have more to fear from stupid people than evil ones

Bonhoeffer's "theory of stupidity" posits that we have more to fear from stupidity than evil. The latter is easier to defeat than the former.

bigthink.com

 

[John_Jacob]

Very good read, thanks!
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
― C. S. Lewis

 

[Valcazar]

I feel I've seen someone post on Bonhoeffer's theory of folly multiple times recently.
I wonder if that means it is kind of working its way back into the zeitgeist.