People tend to assume that victims have earned their suffering by their actions or character. As the government uses coercion and force to punish a non-compliant minority, the majority rationalizes their support of such authoritarian measures. More people need to act with moral courage in our age of conformity," he says.
“Authoritarianism in religion and science, let alone politics, is becoming increasingly accepted, not particularly because so many people explicitly believe in it but because they feel themselves individually powerless and anxious. So what else can one do…except follow the mass political leader…or follow the authority of customs, public opinion, and social expectations?” Rollo May, Man’s […]
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