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The really scary thought is this: All governments function on the basis of active citizen cooperation. If citizens don't cooperate, no government can stand.
by einhverfr 14y ago
The really scary thought is this:
All governments function on the basis of active citizen cooperation. If citizens don't cooperate, no government can stand.
Maybe what we call Stockholm Syndrome is just a more pronounced pattern that makes possible all of the social control structures that we take for granted all around us every day.
- AutoCorrect 14y agoI'd say that's spot on: YOU didn't form the government you live in, you have been coerced (by force, if necessary) to follow the laws and rules of society since the day you were born.
- lukifer 14y agoI suspect it's an ancient instinct. There is evolutionary utility in joining whatever one perceives as the winning side, and adapting yourself to the tribe.