palominocorn:

When you divide people into “good people” and “bad people”, you will, inevitably, get three reactions:

• “I did something bad a few times, so that means I’m bad”, which leads to a not-actually-all-that-bad person developing depression, anxiety, OCD, etc.

• “I did something bad a few times, so let me be always bad”, which leads to someone plowing through life doing all sorts of terrible things with little to no remorse.

• “I am good, therefore everything I do is good”, which leads to someone plowing through life doing all sorts of terrible things with little to no remorse and the refrain “it’s for your own good”/“it’s for the greater good”.

It’s important to categorize individual actions and behaviors as good or bad, but categorizing people as one or the other is… counterproductive.