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People are caught up in life, getting by. They don’t think about the philosophical meanings, motivations, consequences... What are we eating tonight, how do we stay warm in winter, how do I keep my kid safe and wife happy?
The power of conforming and belonging to a group is immense. Think about it, people will fly planes into ships. They will starve themselves to death in a society where the trashcans are stuffed with food because they have a self-image where they are fat. We want to be accepted, and if the group says you should be a racist or today have white guilt, nationalist or today globalist, gay bash or today be an advocate for gays... people say and do what they think others want them to do.
Society ends up creating carrots and sticks. There is ALWAYS some sort of reward system and punishment created if you play along or decide not to play along (to varying degrees). Example: What happens if you don’t follow Covid rules and keep your store open, go to a beach that is closed, don’t wear a mask, own a gym and keep the pool open??? Did closing pools and beaches make any logical sense? Do masks really work? Is Covid actually spread in restaurants? But if you refuse to play along, can you even get on a plane?
So called “science,” prominent individuals (role models), politicians, even those teaching right and wrong end up pushing the agenda. There was “science” behind racism, just like their is science telling us to today that there are no differences between the races or sexes. There were ethics even morals behind racism (unequally yoked and many other ideas), just like today there are ethical ideas against racism. There are prominent leaders, artists and role models that are for nationalism (Norman Rockwell), just like there are prominent individuals, role models, music, movies, literature, today telling us how great globalization is. Science tends to tell us whatever we want to believe. Ethics justify whatever we want to do. These prominent role models and leaders simply read from the vents of time and ride atop of these social movements for their own fame and fortune.
It’s hard not to get caught up in whatever the bullshit “flavor of the day” is.
re: the people getting by.
Indeed,....they are at the lower levels of Maslow’s needs and don’t have the time, energy, or money to read Dennis Prager or Solzhenitsyn.
Thanks to government schooling few Americans read well enough to even begin to tackle the works of Prager or Solzhenitsyn