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Democracy’s conformity and tyranny of the majority prevent great individuals from arising because dissent against popular opinion is punished rather than joined.
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Achilles would probably fail in today's society because modern paths to athletic fame require coaches, sponsors, regimen, authority, structure, and conformity that conflict with his independent nature.
Authority and conformity are the two psychological mechanisms underlying secret-society power.
Democracy’s conformity and tyranny of the majority prevent great individuals from arising because dissent against popular opinion is punished rather than joined.
Over time, bureaucracy ossifies: centralization becomes corruption and rent seeking, systemization becomes stagnation, and standardization becomes conformity or homogenization.
"...would rebel against all this authority, all this structure, all this conformity. And so he would probably fail in today's society, okay?"
"...convinced he saw a circle. Okay? That's the power of group conformity, okay? So two ideas, authority and conformity is what underlies the power..."
"...in democracy what happens is great individuals are oppressed by the conformity the tyranny of the majority okay does that make sense right if..."
"out and you speak speak what's unjust people will follow you in a democracy in middle class society which is conformist you're not you're..."
"...nothing new going on. And, centralization leads to the idea of conformity or homonization. Okay? Where everything becomes the same. Where everything is bland...."
A source-grounded reading of the Iliad as self-recognition: Achilles becomes a mirror for humiliation and pride, Homeric speech tries to control reality, and the ancient poet becomes prophet and teacher because truth is beautiful,...
America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules.
Byzantium survives for a thousand years because it solves Rome's political problem.
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