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“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
Aldous Huxley is saying that people are drawn to causes that let them attack or harm others while believing they’re doing the right thing. This mix of bad behavior and self-righteousness feels like a guilty pleasure, making it dangerously appealing
“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
Aldous Huxley is saying that people are drawn to causes that let them attack or harm others while believing they’re doing the right thing. This mix of bad behavior and self-righteousness feels like a guilty pleasure, making it dangerously appealing
