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Originally Posted by Mutt
collectivism and nationalism aren't ideologies, it's primal, the strongest humans are genetically programmed to acquire as much as they can and dominate others.
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They're primal in their most simple form, but they're amplified much more by the efforts of those select few "strongest humans." The goal here is to become a self-aware, free thinking individual.. which ironically are two traits that are frowned on by religions and governments.
A very large degree of who we are is programmed after birth through experiences. In nature vs. nurture, it's largely nurture.
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Originally Posted by Mutt
of course over time we have learned to control ourselves, people bitch but even without doing any research I'm pretty sure we are living in the most peaceful time in the past few thousand years.
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Relatively speaking you might be right. But of course that doesn't justify continuing a status-quo, especially when it's evident we have a lot more growing up to do. Nationalism is one of those things we have to eliminate.
A good video that elaborates on this a little further..