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Hmm in that case I wouldn't know I'd prefer the masked or the unmasked evil, hard to say. Good points can be made for both I guess.
you absolutely want the masked evil. it's survivable. the mask of evil is putin, trump, and poliviere. it's hitler, stalin, and mussolini. the result of giving the mask off evil power has always resulted in deaths in the millions. the problem with banality of evil types is less that they are evil and more that they are the "good men" who do nothing, allowing evil to succeed. the point of leftist thought is to cordon mark off evil away from power. you will encounter "leftists" who advocate for the mask off evil types in hopes that this will galvanize the populace into fighting back against dictators, but history doesn't bear out that that's what happens. mask off evil types are extremely good at dividing the lower classes and thinning them one group at a time via genocide.
and if you pay attention to accelerationists, no amount of terrible is ever enough to galvanize the people. the point of something is what it does, and accerationists are always in lock step with the right wingers they claim to resist
I think I've heard to many people say "well at least he's honest about it" and got confused. Restrained evil is definitely more preferable than evil on the loose.
You need evil with shame.
Shameless evil is absolutely unstoppable.