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The Power of Human Reason | The Yaron Brook Series | Episode 2 (WiM164)

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Is This Equivalent to Inspiring the Belief That We Have Reason and They Don't?

In communism it's the politarian who has some mystical connection to the truth. In catholicism, the pope historically communes with god. If he really is the conduit to truth, then we all his minions. We're nothings. We don't have reason. We just have to bow in front of him and do what he tells us. That's the power of authoritarianism. And that's power if you can convince millions of people they can never know the truth,. They have to rely on you for the truth forever. This kind of philosophical idea all goes back to plato.

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