Exactly. And we know what that "something else" is that "floats to the top."
"- The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause, and to espouse its credo uncritically and enthusiastically, even if its tenets are contrary to reason, devoid of self-interest and detrimental to the claims of self-preservation.
The historical record confronts us with the paradox that the tragedy of man originates not in an excess of individual self-assertiveness," - but in a malfunction of the affiliative, group tendencies of our species; - "an excess capacity for fanatical devotion. --
cornelis:
I noticed that when you remove God from the hierarchy, something else floats to the top.
BB
Exactly. And we know what that "something else" is that "floats to the top."
Yep. Excessive devotion to the 'cause' will kill our republic.