Folk är generellt sett rädda för att styra över sina egna liv, så majoriteten anser att någon högre instans ska bära deras ansvar. Det spelar ingen roll om den "högre instansen" bara är ett gäng människor, lika vilseledda som dom som styrs, så länge illusionen upprätthålls.
Jag såg ett inlägg här på flashback för länge sen som sa något i stil med det här: "Nä, jag kanske inte vill skänka så mycket pengar för att hjälpa invandrare, men då är det ju bra att staten tar mina pengar och hjälper dom istället." Så fungerar människor. Vi vågar knappt möta våra egna åsikter.
Citat:
Men fear thought more than they fear anything else on earth—more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. It sees man, a feeble speck, surrounded by unfathomable depths of silence; yet bears itself proudly, as unmoved as if it were lord of the universe. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
But if thought is to become the possession of the many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear. It is fear that holds men back—fear lest their cherished beliefs should prove delusions, fear lest the institutions by which they live should prove harmful, fear lest they themselves should prove less worthy of respect than they have supposed themselves to be.
Bertrand Russell
