Comments by "Voryn Rosethorn" (@vorynrosethorn903) on "From Plato to Hitler: The Ideological Origins of National Socialism" video.

  1. We aren't just individuals, humans are a pack animal, indeed one of the most sophisticated and pro-social of them all. We were never wondering around as individuals in a state of nature, humans evolved within tightknit clan based family structures, exile was a punishment comparable to death. This has affected how humans act to this day, we treat society like a clan affiliation (and in truth it is often based genetic similarity) and fail to acknowledge that much of the elite don't feel like they belong to the clan (an elite who do feel obligations to society, as previous elites did) and indeed within democracy often have mal-social personality traits in the first place (narcissism, sociopathy and psychopathy are likely if would have selecting off of personal ambition and the immorality innate to politics). The fact is that highly individualistic societies are also weak one's, we can see this today with how people act to outside threats, a long lasting society kills opponents merciless and importantly is able to motivate it's population to suffer for the sake of the killing, frankly the sort of selfishness we see today would have doomed a society which was facing constant slave raids (as Europe was for centuries) or an existential threat. The fact is that in the game of war the most cohesive society tends to have the advantage, command and control are very important to maintaining a struggle after all, indeed Britain has historically punched above its weight due to being a more collectivist society, it doesn't sound like it matters until a subordinate loses you a battle because unsupported frontal attacks are better than listening to a coward who wouldn't order them. Seriously society is really really important to how people act, we don't come out of a vacuum after all. Self-sacrifice was a common virtue due to the fact that without it humans are very easily herded like cattle, without being led people with potentially endure any indignity, including ones much heavier than the results of resistance. There are just so many times thoughout history that a miniscule number of men have led a great many by the nose with far less trouble than deserved.
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