Why do narcissists rise so high?
Go to the comments section for any article, see all the insane BS comments. People crave false certitude.
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If you present the mask of certainty, then, even if it occasionally slips, people will flock to you.
Because they *want* to believe.
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We are imputed on by nature and nurture alike to follow leaders, to flock to banners.
Individual leaders or mobs, it's all the same.
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The gaping blind spot in our historical understanding is that people never learn from history, because people are one and the same always.
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A culture can learn and grow, but the moment it loses legitimacy people will stop listening... and regress. People are as people do.
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Will anyone or antything save us? No. We will build a legitimate *and* powerful culture or we will suffer the consequences of our nature.