Comments by "ncwordman" (@ncwordman) on "It's weird when people are against democracy" video.

  1. @niclewis9610 "Mind boggling how many Americans want to be Ruled not Represented." First, some people want to be ruled. There are different possible explanations of this: They respect the confident (re:arrogant) leader, who claims to know the right way. That could be because they respect crude strength, instead of more subtle intellectual or emotional integrity. Or it could be because thinking is really hard for some people. There's a lot to figure out, choices to make, directions through the map of life to weigh and consider. How much easier would it be if someone told you what to do, and relieved you of the burden of thinking? Secondly, some people want to be part of an oppressive regime. They want to tell others what to do. They want to force others to comply. They want the thrill of power, but lack the intelligence and determination to achieve that power on their own. They want to be the "brown shirts." Finally, we can't discount religious influence here. God would be the ultimate dictator. But imagine God's representative on earth, who was chosen by that God. Some Trump supporters already say this about Trump. I think Constantine converting Rome to Christianity was quite clever of him: He was able to conquer people with it, without costly military campaigns. All you have to do is convince someone they already believe what you believe, but they just don't know it yet. Then they're more open to surrendering their way of life, since this is a fellow believer. Before they know it, they have been conquered, without a single death on the battlefield.
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  2.  @GODCONVOYPRIME  "You people...." What people? I only speak for me. "because you think the opposition wants to do what you want to do." Tell me, what makes you conclude that about me? You claim to know my mind very well. So what about me makes you say this? Oh I get it, since you obviously don't know me, you're including me in with "you people." And those people are the ones you claim to know. But if you don't even know one of us people (me, for example, the person you're analyzing), then how can you know all of us? And since I am singular, there is no "us." So you don't know anything. I seem to have struck a nerve though. I wasn't talking to you, but somehow I spoke to you. How interesting. Could it be that you see yourself in what I wrote? And now you have to lash out at me, by claiming things you have no evidence of, namely my personal motivation and psyche? Sorry to trigger you, dude. But that was not my intention. You triggered yourself.
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