Its very very accurate. When arguing with the NPCs, they sprout the same attacks or the same victimhood narratives even when it doesn't make sense. For example when i as a female argue with them, they still try to use the same talking points and arguments that only make any "sense" as if they were arguing with a guy but dont make any sense with me. And when i saw the recent The quarterings video about people attacking the star wars girl for her criticism of she ra's art i noticed a similar thing happening to her too, Its like they are programmed to react or talk in a certain manner without ever thinking about whether it makes any sense.
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I agree that our educational system is making things worse but it cannot fundamentally solve the NPC problem. A large percentage of the population are followers who simply lack the ability to think critically. The solution is to guide them into non self destructive paths using the educational system and social conformity. Trying to force them out of NPC-hood is as realistic as achieving equity among all groups.
Humans are a social herdlike creature by nature, this cannot be changed in any meaningful way. At least 50% of the population is going to go along with the rest of the group no matter what, as long as they are relatively safe and comfortable.
The only way to deal with this is to make sure the people at the top are competent, have good intentions for the whole group, and will not exploit this tendency for their own personal gain.
Our society is based on the self serving individual who is supposed to do things for their own sake at the expense of everybody else. This does not work well long term.
Agreed. When those on top are sociopaths it's no wonder society breaks down.
It is also the flaw in democracy. Like you said, when you have 50% of the population simply following the herd what value is there in their input to the system of governance?
Voting itself is a skill that needs critical reasoning and good information. That huge amount of the population does not care, they just want to be told which is the good guy and which is the bad guy.
This is why historically who could vote was restricted to property owners. They had more at stake than somebody who could move away immediately, so it encouraged them to be at least a bit more invested to find out the facts of the matter.
It's also hard to bribe someone who already has everything. But those with nothing, or little to nothing to lose, will fall for all kinds of things, and that's been proven historically time and time again. The problem is, the ones appealing to the poor tend to be the nasty bastards who you do not want in power (this is the entire point behind the fucking Lion King. And the hyaenas aren't "exiles", they ruined their own lands with overbreeding. They were covetous of the better-managed Pridelands, and Scar promised them that. They then flooded in, and caused the same kind of famine that they did in their own territory.)
As far as civilization - or at least Western civilization - goes, it's based on trust. Trust in the people around you, and trust in the people in charge of running things (not just the government, but also the factories, food producers, water works guys, etc). Erode that trust, and things can only lapse back into tribalism .. which probably wouldn't be at all good for that technological web humans now rely upon oh so badly for their survival as individuals, as tech-addicted populations, and perhaps even as a species.
Exactly. It's really simple when you break it down. People who value the truth more so than being a part of a group, will likely not be leftists. People who value being in a group over the truth, will likely end up on the left. This is why they have so many weak people on their side, as the weak will usually pick the group over the truth, as they have no conviction; they will always take the safer path.
Frankly I think it’s closer to 90%. And yeah, these people just don’t have the mental capacity for independent thought. Their brain just doesn’t have the capacity to learn how to think independently.