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Wasteland Wanderer's avatar

People vote because they are brainwashed by centuries of culture to believe they need an "elite" class or caste to rule them.

And tell them how to live and think.

Slaves basically

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Raveen's avatar

I will say that humanity has been 'programmed' since early times to be a bit too willing to trust our leaders in general. We naturally rely on our leaders a bit too much without a healthy dose of skepticism and caution.

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Michael Portelance's avatar

If I was a writer, this is a column I would have written. Thank you.

I have been pondering thesee same questions for the last 15 years concluding back then that emotional immaturity of the human condition is at the root of all our problems. Every one. So far I have not been able to convince anyone (I've only mentioned it a couple of time, lol) but have never wavered in my conviction nor have I seen any evidence to the contrary.

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Raveen's avatar

Thanks for the support.

Yeah, I agree with that point about our emotional immaturity being the root cause. I've been thinking about this particular issue for some time as well.....and it has put humanity in a less flattering light for me.

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Larry's avatar

"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he's destroying is this God he's worshiping."

~ Hubert Reeves

Canadian-French astrophysicist

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Raveen's avatar

A profound point. We do indeed have our priorities wrong!

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