Comment by awbvious

Now, is this to be a good man to himself? Or to others? Or simply seem like that to others? Or a combination of the three? I'm not sure he knows. I do know that it's pretty much impossible for anyone else to know what is in another person's head. I mean it's not like anyone would be stupid enough to put an electronic device in their brain that could reveal their thoughts, right? But more importantly, it is unknowable because people like him are masters of lies. Masters of convincing others of things. Thus, very likely masters of convincing even themselves of convenient things. And since it generally feels good to consider oneself a good person: It's probably a safe bet to say he has done so and convinced himself of convenient things. And very likely by the very method that he will use to convince others. And if that's the case, it would be very unlikely he could answer for whom exactly he is trying to be a good man for. After all, the convoluted/fallible logic requires not thinking all the way through in order for it to be “true,” so why assume he'd think all the way through for himself?

And that convoluted/fallible logic? That trolley problems exist. Though I suppose they're just runaway horse carriage problems at this point for Samsamelo. And what's more, that no matter how far that carriage is from that fork in the road or that fork is to where the people are in harm’s way; even if that carriage is so far away you can't see it; even if that fork is actually further away to people than you'd ever imagine; even if there are thousands of miles of unseen territory between; even if it is completely plausible that there are any number of ways that carriage might divert, slow down, stop, or even speed up at any point; it is still somehow just as binary in outcome, he says. And, what's even more? That this person who has a huge financial incentive in others thinking he knows best does in fact know best, he says. And he says he should be trusted to say: Yes, there is no other way. Yes, I know the best way. Even though he will lie and possibly steal constantly. Even though society normally only accepts that type of behavior when someone's family is starving, and that one lie/theft might feed them that one time and there truly is no other way.