Comments on: They Care, And That’s The Problem http://larison.org/2008/01/28/they-care-and-thats-the-problem/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:14:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: R Duquette http://larison.org/2008/01/28/they-care-and-thats-the-problem/#comment-8767 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:21:21 +0000 http://larison.org/2008/01/28/they-care-and-thats-the-problem/#comment-8767 Excellent post, Daniel. I think that the corruption of good intentions is actually more dangerous than the corruption of self interest. A self-interested tyrant is a parasite, and any good parasite knows that you can't take more from its host than it can bear to be without. A parasite has a vested interest in the health of its host. But the corruption of good intentions knows no such limiting frame of reference. An unresponsive host will merely cause the tyrant of good intentions to redouble its efforts, again and again, until it is either saved or dead. Excellent post, Daniel.

I think that the corruption of good intentions is actually more dangerous than the corruption of self interest. A self-interested tyrant is a parasite, and any good parasite knows that you can’t take more from its host than it can bear to be without. A parasite has a vested interest in the health of its host. But the corruption of good intentions knows no such limiting frame of reference. An unresponsive host will merely cause the tyrant of good intentions to redouble its efforts, again and again, until it is either saved or dead.

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