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There's no "we" about it. Broadly, there are people who like having social control, people who like feeling that others are under control, and people who don't
by psyc 10y ago
There's no "we" about it. Broadly, there are people who like having social control, people who like feeling that others are under control, and people who don't like control.
- PakG1 10y agoThere is a fourth set: people who like being under control if their lives are acceptably happy, comfortable, and secure.
- olewhalehunter 10y agoThat's just the second group. The standards and perceptions of what is deemed comfortable, secure, or happy is itself a determinate of social control.
- PakG1 10y agoTo be technical, that'd be the second group if it was phrased as "people who like feeling that others are in control", using the word "in" instead of "under".
- helloasdfasdf 10y agoI believe there is another group: People who like control, when everyone involved understands and agrees with it. It can be very hard, and it involves a consistent questioning of authority. Including the authority of ourselves, and the authority we hold over others. We can have modern medicine, but we have to trust the people researching it. We can have modern robots, but we have to trust the people building them. Fear is a great way to prevent people from questioning. But if we learn to question our fear itself, it can be useful to have been afraid.