Tshazar on Nostr: Why the collectivists, socialists, communists, win over time. especially in a ...
Why the collectivists, socialists, communists, win over time. especially in a democratic society.
They are unified in their ideology.
They do not allow themselves to stray from the collective spirit constantly reminding themselves of their virtue even when the collective is dead wrong.
The rest of us will continue to loose ground. We are fragmented choosing the best path forward for each of us individually like so many stray cats in an ally, mostly minding our own business not paying attention to others choices. Not because we don’t care, but because it is not our place.
This is the true reason civilizations rise and fall over and over, never learning the lesson, strength in numbers is a good crisis strategy but most often the numbers are manipulated for the benefit of a few rather than the whole.
Why would ideas like collectivism, socialism, communism be tried over and over again and fail? After all history is littered with failed society after society each having benevolent leadership for the good of all.
Because people are inherently good and they want to do good. What is a better good than to hold others up especially those in need. This deep down need to help others, soothe suffering and lift them from misery is the exact mechanism used to take advantage of them. Manipulating the good intentions of the masses for the benefit of the few.
Even the ones doing the manipulation think they are doing good. No not think, they know and are absolutely sure they are not only good but righteous usually willing to take any action necessary to protect their righteous cause.
Beware the wickedness of the righteous.
They are unified in their ideology.
They do not allow themselves to stray from the collective spirit constantly reminding themselves of their virtue even when the collective is dead wrong.
The rest of us will continue to loose ground. We are fragmented choosing the best path forward for each of us individually like so many stray cats in an ally, mostly minding our own business not paying attention to others choices. Not because we don’t care, but because it is not our place.
This is the true reason civilizations rise and fall over and over, never learning the lesson, strength in numbers is a good crisis strategy but most often the numbers are manipulated for the benefit of a few rather than the whole.
Why would ideas like collectivism, socialism, communism be tried over and over again and fail? After all history is littered with failed society after society each having benevolent leadership for the good of all.
Because people are inherently good and they want to do good. What is a better good than to hold others up especially those in need. This deep down need to help others, soothe suffering and lift them from misery is the exact mechanism used to take advantage of them. Manipulating the good intentions of the masses for the benefit of the few.
Even the ones doing the manipulation think they are doing good. No not think, they know and are absolutely sure they are not only good but righteous usually willing to take any action necessary to protect their righteous cause.
Beware the wickedness of the righteous.