Damn good passages.

I also don't think evil will conquer. But that's not to say that I think 'humanity' will conquer either

because by (my) definition 

humanity

doesn't aim to conquer. while evil does.

it's kind of like how the U.S could never 'win' the 

Vietnam War

but it wasn't like the Vietnamese could 'win' either. They could but last and survive and then move on.

I think that's what 'good' or humanity is like here.

Also reminds me of 

serial killers

-- been re-reading 

Jo Nesbo

's 

Harry Hole

series.

Serial Killers aim to kill (conquer)

you can't really win against them by trying to conquer kill them. They'll just keep doing their thing or if they are caught a new one will come and take their place.

you can only hope as a the hunted to survive. It would be absurd to think that the way to win is to become a serial killer yourself.

what's happened in the 

macro

environment that you often lament about is i believe people thinking they can defeat evil by becoming another version of evil which they consider good.

this is also why i like the zen buddhist principles of detachment from identity and desire. because it is one of the only codified doctrines of how not to just get into an endless loop of aiming to be more righteous