/lit/ - Literature

>>10647230
>It's in the nature of all great and competent people to be evil.
I agree and disagree in some respects.
Great and competent people can be noble or ignoble; I assign goodness and evilness to nobility and ignobility respectively. Many of those with power use it for ignoble ends, perpetuating suffering and increasing immersion within the world for their own benefit, but that is not necessarily the case for all great men.
>>10647240
>>10647319
The Palestinians are noble for refusing enslavement, choosing death over capitulation. The Zionists are ignoble for attempting to enslave others. The ignoble one wishes to continue the struggle, the noble one wants to transcend the necessity of it.
>>10647361
Nietzsche is certainly a primary influence on REI, as is Hegel. He hasn't "name-dropped" any philosophers, because he does not need to.
>He doesn't pat the Zionists on the back for being cunning little devils.
Because he judges all according to a standard by which the Zionists fail: nobility
If he judged them according to "expedient good" instead of "noble good," then he might agree.