i disagree. and i like people. really...despite being waaay too jaded for 21, i still believe people are basically good....or...balaced.... but... you can't ignore the effect of group/mob mentality... there's tons of sociology research backing this....
and if people as a group were smart, they'd recognize bad leaders, or maybe even lead themselves.
The group mob mentality is an amazing thing. Look at the Rodney king/la riots. It wasn't because one person was beat, it was because a majority of minritys were getting hasseled by the cops. And it still happens today. You just have to steer anger.
Recognizing bad leaders is a hard thing to do with lie and decption coming from the media and propaganda machines. Ignorance makes people lazy and apathetic.
i think you have that backwards...laziness and apathy breed ignorance. and i don't believe there's an excuse for that. if we do not tolerate it within ourselves, it will cease to exist.
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you can't ignore the effect of group/mob mentality...
there's tons of sociology research backing this....
and if people as a group were smart, they'd recognize bad leaders, or maybe even lead themselves.
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Recognizing bad leaders is a hard thing to do with lie and decption coming from the media and propaganda machines. Ignorance makes people lazy and apathetic.
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