Vox Pop - Clendenning shares reason to oppose dictators

Vox Pop

History has shown there’s three main reasons dictators and their followers are not the best choices for any society. First, the higher the education and intelligence of individuals become, the more their tastes and views are differentiated.

If we wish to find a high degree of uniformity in outlook, we have to descend to the regions of lower moral and intellectual standards where the more primitive instincts prevail. This does not mean that the majority of people have low moral standards; it merely means that the largest group of people whose values are very similar are the people with low standards.

Second, since this group is not large enough to give sufficient weight to the leader’s endeavors, he will have to increase their numbers by converting more to the same simple creed. He must gain the support of the docile and gullible, who have no strong convictions of their own, but who are ready to accept a ready-made system of values, it it is only drummed into their ears sufficiently loudly and frequently.

It will be those whose vague and imperfectly formed ideas are easily swayed and whose passions and emotions are readily aroused, who will thus swell the ranks of the totalitarian party.

Third, to weld together a closely coherent body of supporters, the leader must appeal to a common human weakness. It seems to be easier for people to agree on a negative programme - on the hatred of an enemy, like a deep state, than on any positive task. The advancement of their party depends largely on a willingness to do immoral things, their principle is, the end justifies the means. Also, if you think there’s a crisis on our border now, just wait and see what Russia and China will cause when they completely destroy any sense of government on the continent of South America. You are wrong not to fund Ukraine. — M. Cledenning, Rib Lake