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He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Standing by while wrongdoing happens is not neutral, the speaker argues. Someone who quietly accepts evil shares responsibility with the person actively carrying it out. Silence and inaction become a form of participation, so moral guilt spreads beyond the perpetrators to those who let it continue.
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