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Is there a name for this phenomenon? I've taken to calling it "the nihilist's excuse"

I call it race to the moral bottom.

Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqozQ8uaV8

I love it when I can guess what a video is before I click it. Exactly what I hoped it would be.

Similar to false dichotomy. "If we won't do it, <other evil guy> will".

In game theory, prisoner’s dilemma or maybe stag hunt?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_hunt

I think it’s called being a “shithead”

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