sword1x

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Sure -- as I indicated: evil can pay quick, short-term dividends. And that's one of the reasons why it's so attractive to many. Uh.....yes......the Nazis rounded up many people, and then used them as forced slave labor in their factories. That's the reason why Albert Speer was sentenced to prison for 20 years at Nuremberg. Many of the holocaust victims didn't die in the gas chambers. They dropped dead from being worked to death. So, yes: the Nazis used entire populations as chattel

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Good pays off in RL -- both in the short and in the long term. Although there's occasionally a short-term price to pay. Evil, on the other hand, often leads to short-term gain or pleasure. For example: the petty crook who robs the corner convenience store gains $35. But evil leads to distinct disadvantages: the petty crook gets caught and goes to jail -- or perhaps gets shot and killed in the process of committing a felony. "Big time" RL evil types always pay in the end, too