I don't think most of them are inherently evil either. I just think they are selfish and don't care. They aren't so much going out of their way to hurt you, they just go out of their way to help themselves and don't give a shit if they do hurt you in the process.
But- they're aware of the damage they do. So- I tend to agree with
@itsgone2 - that makes (some of them) bad, or evil- if we're talking some of the dictators.
I find that kind of interesting in the courts sometimes. That a manslaughter charge would sometimes seem the most appropriate. Say someone runs a parachuting school with faulty equipment. They likely didn't wake up that morning and think- I'm going to kill Mr. Jones today. However- they let their students jump knowing full well the equipment had a likelihood of failing. I imagine the courts would be keen to prove that the school knew the chutes were faulty and they knew falling from that height with a faulty chute would cause death. So- I imagine some degree of murder charge would be brought.
Same goes for politics. As DarkRange pointed out- politicians aren't stupid. They surely get scientists, healthcare professionals, analysts involved to figure out how their policies might affect real people. So- they make those choices knowingly.
Some of our UK MP's were caught ordering faulty PPE during the covid crisis at the cost of millions- possibly over a billion to the tax payer- from their mates. Ok- maybe their buddies defrauded them (or, us.) Maybe they couldn't be expected to know what was good or bad but- eventually they were told and- it seems, sometimes ignored professional advice.
So- what should we make of that? Surely- that they were willing to risk the lives of healthcare workers to help out themselves and their mates. That's risking other people's lives for money and reputation. Doesn't that look like an evil equation? Human life vs. profit and reputation. It seems utterly callous to me!
Another of our MP's called homelessness a 'lifestyle choice'. Maybe you could call that being out of touch but again- it displays a total indifference- worse- a kind of endorsement that some people should live on the streets and it's fine that they do- because they chose it. I don't believe anyone can truly believe that anyway. It's just a callous and dismissive remark by the very person who should care for and be supporting all of their constituents.
Maybe we all believe things we know aren't true because it's easier. This plastic crap I'm throwing away will be reincarnated over and over with no damage to the envoronment. We kind of know it's crap though. I'm sure politicians do even more, because they have an even deeper knowledge of what goes on. To not give a shit about the plight of others is kind of bad. To actually enable the plight of others- is evil- surely? IF there are better choices and I'm sure there likely are sometimes. I imagine they are more lead by power and money though. (Some of them, anyway.)
