BONHOEFFER’S “THEORY OF STUPIDITY”: WE HAVE MORE TO FEAR FROM STUPID PEOPLE THAN EVIL ONES

When we know something or someone is evil, we can take steps to fight it. With stupidity, it is much more difficult.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer argues that stupidity is worse than evil because stupidity can be manipulated and used by evil.  He also argues that stupidity tends to go hand-in-hand with acquiring power — that is, being in power means we surrender our individual critical faculties.

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