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by davidgerard 4083 days ago
>individuals so brutally incompetent that they are indistinguishable from malicious trolls.

The concept of "functionally evil". Declaring someone "evil" implies motivation; "functionally evil" just means "assume evil for practical purposes".

It's arguably worse than actual evil, because (per Dumas fils) rogues sometimes rest.