The careers that are "evil"
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On the other hand its the pinnacle of stupidity to have your generals on the front line. Id rather have a general at the back with a full picture telling me what to do than some cowboy sat on a front-line tank demanding to get closer so he can use his sword.HuntrRose said:
Don't mistake leading from the back with incompetent. This is one of the reasons I never understood the US thing about "OH GOD HE WAS A PRIVATE IN THE VIETNAM WAR VOTE FOR HIM!" He was a grunt, he did exactly what he was told and shot people, never made a decision. I have a dog, he does what I tell him, when I tell him, if I tell him to attack a chair, he will growl at it and chew its leg. He is an awesome dog and we have a lot of fun, I wouldnt want him running my country.
No profession is inherently evil, even a criminal has the power to be good if the law itself is oppressive. Even politicians believe they are doing whats best in the situation they are given. They make promises that they will aim for but we all know realistically unless that party/person maintains power for a good 20 years min they will be unable to deliver. In this regard absolute rulers systems have their advantages. Most populations are fickle leaving countries with rapidly changing goals and methods meaning the first 4 years of just about every term it spent not going what they promised but instead applying damage control.
The closest you might get is a lawyer defending a known murder, but even then they person still has a right to defence, guilty or not, and to defend properly you must always assume whoever you are defending is innocent, no matter how guilty they look.
I think personally my "least good" professions are the ones that exist purely for a signature. A classic here is accountants. A small business can do its own accounts, but still requires a an accountants signature on it before it can be finalised. Bloody stupid.
I know a few good real estate agents and car sales men. There is nothing mala in se about their line of work. You just have to realize that they will mostly tell you the positives about theirs products while only skimming over the negatives. Is every advertisement evil when it says "up to" or "as low as"?Aurgelmir said:
There are two lines of work however that I hate on principle. Morticians for the fact they make six figures a year for a job with marginal training requirements and charging grieving families a king's ransom to a body in the ground.
Next, IRS clerks. I used to be one. They make 3 to 4 times minimum wage with the lowest performance metrics that I have ever seen. And when they do manage to pull their head out of their fourth point of contact long enough to work, their tasks involve resorting papers... as in moving file folders and stapling papers. WITH A FORGIVABLE MARGIN OF ERROR AT 67%!!!
Basically anyone who isn't held personally accountable for their actions.
Politicians (using other people's money and sending other people off to wars)
Some bankers (gambling with other people's money)
American Television Journalists (spewing "facts" and getting rich for screaming false statements at the top of their lungs)
Advertising is not quite evil, but almost there. Good advertising only skims over the negatives, but sometimes they play the positive to the point that it's just blatantly false. So sometimes, it is evil.
Politicians (using other people's money and sending other people off to wars)
Some bankers (gambling with other people's money)
American Television Journalists (spewing "facts" and getting rich for screaming false statements at the top of their lungs)
Advertising is not quite evil, but almost there. Good advertising only skims over the negatives, but sometimes they play the positive to the point that it's just blatantly false. So sometimes, it is evil.
cryo. seriously whats with the flaming? Sure u get an opinion but theres no need to go all ape shit at us. we might have a different view of whats right and wrong to them. So dont go having a go at us.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't those a band of outlaws who called themselves The Cowboys?D Bones said:
A cowboy is an animal herder. Outlaws they were not.
i dont agree with the teacher thing but i think i understand his or her point. i dont think their point was that we shouldnt have teachers (at least i hope not), i think, assuming they are from america, that their point was about our education system. a lot of teachers dont seem to care about anything but telling students what they are instructed to tell students. some dont even seem to know their subject. ive had many teachers over the years who just read directly from the book and if someone asked a question, if the answer wasnt in the book, the teacher didnt know the answerBaby Tea said:
Military, Police, higher Politicians and Managers.
Corrupted by Power and the money of others who want to influence you.
Oh how i loathe them all. Should die in a fire, all of them.A fire made of snakes, Venomous Snakes. Venoumous burning Snakes with Aids. With acid breath. And skin of thorns.
Corrupted by Power and the money of others who want to influence you.
Oh how i loathe them all. Should die in a fire, all of them.A fire made of snakes, Venomous Snakes. Venoumous burning Snakes with Aids. With acid breath. And skin of thorns.
perhaps evil is a strong word
and morally indefinable anyway
the only profession i can think of that's 'evil' in the real sense of the word would be an SS officer or something
But fortunatly they don't exist anymore
and morally indefinable anyway
the only profession i can think of that's 'evil' in the real sense of the word would be an SS officer or something
But fortunatly they don't exist anymore
I resent this! People need to buy cars! Could just be your area, but yeah some guys at my place have screwed people over before. Difference being our boss is a hawk, and they usually get the sack xDAurgelmir said:
I would say it definitely has to be divorce lawyer. Either that, or suburban housewife, because you just know she'll cheat on you and take EVERYTHING you own, regardless of the fact she did nothing to gain it.
i think its quite unfair that alot of people think Sales people are bad, i can understand why they would think its but there is a very good reason. Most Sales positions have a quota per month so they need a certain number of sales or they risk losing their job. My cousin has worked for the past five years in car sales and have just moved on to timeshare and it is a very unstable career, very competative aswell and there is a large turnover on jobs.
on topic i would say recruters for Armed forces and high up bankers are the more evil types.
on topic i would say recruters for Armed forces and high up bankers are the more evil types.
Insurance salesmen, considering that insurance is a business that profits best when it's not doing its job. Still, that may not be evil so much as the job from hell for anyone with a conscience.
According to people on this thread it seems that we should all still be living in caves throwing spears at each other, because all the jobs that are necessary for civilization to exist are inherently evil.