Always Question Authority

One of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority. ~ Hitchens

Richard Ashley on 12.13.2015 at 2:10 am said:

This slavishnesh to authority to me is shocking, but after studying the various methods that are used eg indoctrination, brainwashing, inculcation etc one sees an obvious weakness in the human condition which I have tried to explain & is, to me, similar to a death wish! This subjugation & subservient behaviour is quite frightening to a questing, querying person such as myself.

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Heisenberg on 12.11.2015 at 8:05 am said:

It is hard to understand but actually highlights the insiduous nature of any master/slave relationship and the power of authority. And, as long as you’re asking, how about the devotion of many women to the Abrahamic religions that so palpably devalues them? And yet, interestingly, it is women who support and drive religions around the world. What does it all say about human submission to authority and, in fact, what appears to be the desire to be submissive to authority. Further, what does this say about political relationships and whether or not democracy–as we typically understand it–is just some kind of anomaly in human history, destined for the so called trashbin of history?

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