Posted on 07/09/2021 10:17:06 AM PDT by Mr.Unique
1/ Most people would rather be in the majority, than be right.
2/ At least 20% of the population has strong authoritarian tendencies, which will emerge under the right conditions.
3/ Fear of death is only rivalled by the fear of social disapproval. The latter could be stronger.
4/ Propaganda is just as effective in the modern day as it was 100 years ago. Access to limitless information has not made the average person any wiser.
5/ Anything and everything can and will be politicized by the media, government, and those who trust them.
6/ Many politicians and large corporations will gladly sacrifice human lives if it is conducive to their political and financial aspirations.
7/ Most people believe the government acts in the best interests of the people. Even many who are vocal critics of the government.
8/ Once they have made up their mind, most people would rather to commit to being wrong, than admit they were wrong.
9/ Humans can be trained and conditioned quickly and relatively easily to significantly alter their behaviors - for better or worse.
10/ When sufficiently frightened, most people will not only accept authoritarianism, but demand it.
11/ People who are dismissed as 'conspiracy theorists' are often well researched and simply ahead of the mainstream narrative.
12/ Most people value safety and security more than freedom and liberty, even if said 'safety' is merely an illusion.
13/ Hedonic adaptation occurs in both directions, and once inertia sets in, it is difficult to get people back to 'normal'.
14/ A significant % of people thoroughly enjoy being subjugated.
15/ 'The Science' has evolved into a secular pseudo-religion for millions of people in the West. This religion has little to do with science itself.
16/ Most people care more about looking like they are doing the right thing, rather than actually doing the right thing.
17/ Politics, the media, science, and the healthcare industries are all corrupt, to varying degrees. Scientists and doctors can be bought as easily as politicians.
18/ If you make people comfortable enough, they will not revolt. You can keep millions docile as you strip their rights, by giving them money, food, and entertainment.
19/ Modern people are overly complacent and lack vigilance when it comes to defending their own freedoms from government overreach.
20/ It's easier to fool a person than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Bonus thought:
21/ Most people are fairly compassionate and have good intentions (this is good)
You sound like Thomas Sowell (couldn’t pay a higher compliment).
Can’t disagree with a single one.
10/ When sufficiently frightened, most people will not only accept authoritarianism, but demand it.
...and my quarrel is with the words "most" and "demand."
To be sure, a massive number of people are in the "acceptance" camp. On both sides.
But most demand it? I don't see it in my walks (and I don't have just conservative friends and family). I see strident GenZers demanding that they - and their enemies - be caged. But as people get older, not quite as much. Even old hippies on the left aren't clamoring for cages, largely.
But all in all, it's a great list.
Thank you both.
I’m astonished to find that we’re living through a period of the greatest lies ever told! In spite of all our scientific knowledge we have people insisting that ‘science is racist’, ‘2 + 2 has alternate answers’, ‘Joe Biden received record votes’, ‘COVID wasn’t bio-engineered’, and ‘you can choose your gender’.
I saw a video yesterday of a ‘trans-male’ infuriated because of ‘transphobic GAY MEN’ that don’t want to have sex with ‘him’. So similarly, it’d be just as bad as lesbians not wanting to have sex with a trans-female.
It’s all insane....just lies, lies, lies. I refuse to even debate these days, the topics aren’t worthy of a dignified discussion. Any debate that begins with an insane construct isn’t worth having, plus you’re going to lose because logic and sanity don’t apply. We’re in a war without bombs or bullets and the enemy owns all of the levers to create alternate realities that make no sense to our physical reality - and then expect us to accept it, along with our children.
Somethings got to give...
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“15/ ‘The Science’ has evolved into a secular pseudo-religion for millions of people in the West. This religion has little to do with science itself.”
True, but nothing new.
See: Galileo.
This plandemic has been very revealing.
What happened to the fight in Americans? What happened to the can-do spirit?
—————-America has turned from God. God has revealed the fear of secularist’s, atheists and Luke warms. It is very clear to me.
In summation most people are too stupid to be idiots.
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