The Triumph Of Evil

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As the great parliamentarian Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”. This quote continues to ring in the annals of history, from the Second World War, which saw the murder of over six million Jewish people to the modern day where faceless ideologies continue to claim lives everyday. Evil works on a basis of ignorance, akin to Hanlon's Razor, which states to "never assume malice when stupidity will suffice", this is because evil is inherent, it comes with ignorance which is a common human trait. But through the means of education and the sharing of love, those who are just can fight through more mediums than ever before.

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