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Your comment reminded me of a quote from Alan Moore “The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a consp
by seanalltogether 5y ago
Your comment reminded me of a quote from Alan Moore
“The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.”
Although he's talking mainly about conspiracy theories, I think it applies equally to "royalty" as you put it. People need someone to be in charge, and they'll latch onto whoever or whatever they think will satisfy that desire.
- chartpath 5y agoYes for sure, but just because we all like to follow sometimes doesn't mean we need to do so without any criticism of those figures. People who follow without any analysis are setting themselves up to harm their own culture because it's also part of human nature that some of us are power hungry sadists and genocidal egoists who just want to exploit anyone who doesn't support us. That fear is how some unquestioning followers understand that power works due to trauma, so they can neatly sidestep a lot of emotional processing by worshipping an authoritarian leader and just hope that their purity remains intact through the purges. In fact there is an alternative but it requires hard work to achieve.