Comment by wartywhoa23
2 days ago
Yes, I am. That requires a total reassesment of who the real enemy is, though (hint: psychopaths at power).
2 days ago
Yes, I am. That requires a total reassesment of who the real enemy is, though (hint: psychopaths at power).
How do you reliably prevent a clever psychopath who's set their mind to it from gaining power?
That is the question worth focusing all the available energy and enthusiasm that is always somewhere else, but never at the humankind's worst problem.
I think the answer could arise from a widely growing understanding of
a) the methods of mass manipulation. Without manipulation, or outright mass hypnosis, no dictator is possible;
b) the whole structure of power, and the fact that there are numerous barriers to filter out all non-psychopaths along the way to the top, with multiple checkpoints where an ever increasing degree of corruption and depravity must be demonstrated to the controllers.
But even a) alone should be sufficient.
Where there are simians, there is war. The more primitive the society, the bloodier and more total the war is. I wish our problem were psychopaths in power, but the truth is we are a tribal and fearful species and war is in our genes. It's as certain as a sunrise as long as there are humans.
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