Authoritarians appeal to narrow interests, such as short-term gain, or racism, xenophobia and so on, in order to gain power. This is the classic fascist playbo

Authoritarians appeal to narrow interests, such as short-term gain, or racism, xenophobia and so on, in order to gain power. This is the classic fascist playbook. And then people pay, whether you call it FAFO, or face-eating-leopards, a price for acting selfishly, out of hate, or not questioning lies, the "three poisons" of Buddhism ... greed, avarice and delusion. These are emotional and non-critical, and as history shows, easy to manipulate, too often for one's own disadvantage. If, instead, people acted out of mutual benefit, cooperation and wisdom, individuals and society would be far better off. It's easy to scoff at this, but as science fiction writers have predicted, until people cooperate instead of dividing and fighting along this line or that, societies and planets destroy themselves.