• Vince@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yep, I don’t remember the exact phrasing, but in these situations, I assume incompetence before I assume evil intent.

    Maybe it is intentional but the incompetence is in how obvious they are.

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      2 days ago

      Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetentance

      Is the saying, but it’s definitely not always true.

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        It’s more like some of the best evil can be hidden behind incompetence for quite a while

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          I mean, the phrase is for associates and random people you run into for one specific interaction

          Basically:

          Give em the benefit of doubt

          It doesn’t mean if your neighbor kicks you in the balls everyone morning, you still try to shake his hand tomorrow.