Erasmus of Rotterdam wrote The Praise of Folly, where he gave the case for making foolishness (i.e decisions by intelligent people but very wrongheaded) an explanation for many problems. Today, I'll go a step further, and give "The Praise of Mysticism", where I claim that Mysticism - the irrational belief that mind-conjured realities can take the place of the common, absolute reality, and the ultimate cause of all evil - can often be used as the ultimate reason for many things.

People often look for natural motives: money, power, etc.. But in the case of evil people (including most politicians, most clergymen, many people in the media, etc.), there is another motive: mysticism or evil. They often do things because they are evil, not because they seek money or whatever. It may seem a bit presporous but carry on.

The Evil People

My mother once told me there are no evil people only evil actions. She couldn't have been more wrong. Hitler was obviously evil. So was Stalin, Mao and other people. The Nazis caused the death of over 20 million people in World-War-II. The Communists in the 20th century killed 100 million of their own people. Why would anyone kill so many people? It wasn't for survival - no. They were evil. Here's what the Neo-Tech orientation and definition has to say about it: