Originally Posted by Axiom
Voting in elections being a stark example.
You are correct in pointing out the role a disinforming and uninforming media has played in past totalitarian states.And this certainly is a great concern.
The people living as happy as pigs in mud , i would contend do so because they are to a degree ignorantly bliss, but i would say dangerously so. An uninformed populace is very vulnerable to the types of state manipulation you referred to in the cases of the tyrannical states.
Ax, the phrase above,"dangerously so," is where I would like to take you away from your comfort zone. How dangerous? How do you/we quantify it? I contented that the danger might now be very great at all
History and anthropolgy shows that human groups form heirarchical or pyramidal structures. What amazes me is that people accept this , they accept coordination and cooperation by all groups including organised crime , but somehow when it gets to the top of the heirarchy or pyramid, suddenly people abandon that notion !
The heirarchical model provides humans with a very stable and predictable course and position. I provides one of the most sought after conditions - oh for a quiet life. A corollary being the curse, "May you live in interesting times."
My point is that, perhaps, world government would be a the most good for the most number.
