Why are Most People Cowards? | Obedience and the Rise of Authoritarianism

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[academyofideas]

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[specialk]

My folks have totally changed. Raising me, they taught me to question everything, never just blindly do what someone tells you. Now, I'm trying to teach that to them.

[UnschoolingCOM]

MORALITY is doing what is right regardless of what you are told.
OBEDIENCE is doing what you are told regardless of what is right!

[northerniltree]

After 3 police broke into and raided my home with guns drawn on me "looking for a suspicious person" who had parked 1/4 mile away, I sued the department, and I put the story in the newspaper.
Roughly half the people who read the story supported me, the other half derided my challenging authority. That was a real wake-up call on ethical and legal cowardice. I won my case.

[AtheosATFive]

Morality is about what you choose to do when you think no one is looking.

[JohnDoe-ides]

"When i find myself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect" - Mark Twain

[Alegzander]

"The obedient always think about themselves as virtuous, rather than cowardly." - Robert Anton Wilson

[oliverpartington]

"The purpose of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape fine oneself amongst the ranks of the insane" Marcus Aurelius

[ecoshah]

As a child, I had no Parents, no Family. I was beaten, isolated and was the scapegoat for all problems. I was cowardly, but at 16 made a decision not to live my life in fear. I got on my bicycle and rode 250 mile down back-road in the middle of a Canadian winter to escape, I faced every fear I could from there on. I worked on towers 100's of feet in above the ground. First thing you find is you first trip up a tower is fearful. But after a week of climbing you start taking short cuts from one side to the other with no safety equipment. Fear can be overcome.

[UnschoolingCOM]

“No One Has Ever Complied Their Way Out of Totalitarianism” ~ Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

[mattwilliams]

"Always stand up for what is right, even if you're the only one standing."

My Dad instilled this in me years ago.

[JohanDanielSvenLundh]

“The only thing needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

[UnderTheGoldenGate]

Best thing I learned from my mom, is what she used to say all the time..."You just do the right thing....do it because it's right". Knowing she was "standing behind me" gave me courage.

[ram]

I noticed even as a kid that most people are cowards. My peers would grumble and complain about something, a bully for example, saying how something needs to be done. I would take their words as an expression of willingness to take a stand so I would be the first to say something. As soon as I drew attention to myself my peers would gauge the response and cower like scared mice and pretend they never had a grievance with the situation. Many of them would immediately turn on me. I learned early in life that it was very wise to only pick the battles that are most important and to expect to make my stand alone.

[kattilathehunfreedomfighter]

As a child of immigrants who risked life and limb to escape Communism in their late 20's for a better life and "freedom" in America, this video hit the nail on the head. Viktor Pestov and many others are my heroes. We are surrounded by weaklings and cowards. And for my outspoken directness against all that is happening the past 2 years, I get wrongly labeled and ostracized daily. Hats off to my fellow brave souls.

[keithbowden]

What desturbs me about students in schools is when bullies pick on certain students and other students choose to just stand and watch bullies cause trouble, instead of confronting bullies, who are causing trouble in schools.

[Roman-fbmq]

People are cowards because there are things that hold them back. Family, friends, peace, at times doing the right thing asks for sacrifice from all of these and sometimes even your own life.

[benjamite]

“Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.” —Howard Zinn

[CapitalHungry]

Let's lead by example and continue to stay on the path of self development. Become smarter, stronger and more cunning to stay ahead in this corrupt world

[jacobfinder]

Very true. If you are outspoken today you are considered a jerk, outsider. Freedom is always in danger of being lost. You must stand firm and use your power to protect it!!!!