Comment on Does trump know he cheats at golf?
Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoTrump cheats, lies, rapes and steals. But I don’t think HE consciously thinks of anything he does as cheating, lying, raping and stealing.
People don’t tend to want to think of themselves as the bad guy. So they make up excuses to justify their behavior.
I worked for a small company and traveled with the owner frequently. Somehow we got on the subject of bonuses for the sales staff and he told me he often finds ways of reducing their bonus if they ever got a massive deal because they are salespeople and they would just waste the money and hurt themselves… In his mind he was responsible enough to handle the money rather than waste it. I’ve encountered similar altitudes and behaviors with more than a few business owners and wealthy people I’ve encountered. They hide behind many excuses for bad behavior.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
IMO the discussion whether it’s done knowingly or not is moot in such cases.
Analogy: some people are so used to their own “fuck the world” attitude that throwing trash on the sidewalk is second nature to them, they hardly think about it. So they don’t do it knowingly. Does that in any way lessen their deed? Not to me. Quite the opposite: it’s a larger problem.
Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No argument here, a corrupt asshole is still a corrupt asshole no matter what they make think of themselves.
But because they can genuinely believe whatever bullshit comes out of their mouth others have no problem buying into it as well.