6 Reasons Good People Turn Into Monsters

[Alvito]

The eat after midnight.

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Is killing a murderer a sin? Probably yes, but I didn't even quote 1% of the analyze. He didn't kill them just because they stole his car and killed his dog. It doesn't make him a good guy suddenly. He also wanted to erase his past and kill more murderers, which were going to do worse things.

It's not a good place to talk about morality.

His motivations were exactly that of revenge, looking into it any other way is ridiculous. He even gives the boss a chance to walk away and give up the only person he cared about killing, his son. Everyone who died in that movie was a direct result of a perceived slight to John Wick, the son died because he killed the dog, his father died because he killed William Defoe. The social commentary exists entirely between the story and the viewer. John Wick isn't a deep character, through 2 movies all his actions are self serving.

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Indeed, that is basically the crux of the article. That in the pursuit of a perceived noble goal, people partake in terrible behavior and thus become monsters, despite their noble intentions; and they excuse themselves and their allies of that monstrous behavior the same way the audience excuses John Wick.

At the end of the day Nietzsche nails this argument. Gaze long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

It's as apt for warriors returning home from war as it is with political commentators. It's not what you fight that makes you a monster, it's how you feel about what you fight.