alt Hacker NewsIs there a name for this phenomenon? I've taken to calling it "the nihilist's excuse"
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ivanjermakov • yesterday at 9:02 AM
Similar to false dichotomy. "If we won't do it, <other evil guy> will".
mlpinit • yesterday at 12:37 PM
In game theory, prisoner’s dilemma or maybe stag hunt?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_hunt
coryodaniel • yesterday at 7:36 PM
I think it’s called being a “shithead”
I call it race to the moral bottom.
Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqozQ8uaV8