Most people are intellectually and economically creative and productive. Throughout their lives they think, learn, understand, and gain solid, practical knowledge. And almost all their adult lives they successfully work for a living. They’re virtuous, respectable, and honorable.
But some people also beg, steal, and assault. A few even enslave, torture, and murder. They’re frauds, subhumans, beasts. They’re traitors to themselves and others; they’re contemptible, vile, and evil. And yet…
Deceivers, parasites, predators, and even destroyers are normal for biological creatures of all types. And these evil actors and monsters – ironically enough – generally make good people better. By spending a certain amount of their time fighting against them – along with their main, best, and most important behavior of creation and production – humans become smarter, stronger, and loftier. They react, adapt, learn, and usually rise faster than before. These awful, ugly, lowly opponents – in need of defeat and conquest – oddly improve us. Individuals, groups, and societies all progress and ascend faster due to conflict and competition with these demons.
Of course, these animals are well worth hating. And it’s natural, inevitable, and good to struggle against them. Good people need to learn how to both evade and obliterate them. And it’s proper and noble to celebrate these often ferocious adventures and battles in lessons, stories, entertainment, and art. They do feature human failures and lowlifes. But, amazingly enough, these intellectual and economic miscreants ultimately benefit and uplift mankind.
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