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The same cognitive dissonance arises when talking about collateral damage of capitalism: "well, that sucks, but capitalism is good, so it's not responsible for those effects."

Empathy is the antithesis of power. That's why it will always be the exception in humans.



> The same cognitive dissonance arises when talking about collateral damage of capitalism: "well, that sucks, but capitalism is good, so it's not responsible for those effects."

Are you referring to the Halo Effect? (http://lesswrong.com/lw/lj/the_halo_effect/)

Edit: I don't think I meant the Halo Effect - there was another kind of bias I read about on lesswrong.com, but I cannot find it.




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