Warren Ockrassa wrote:
>
>> (2) Most people are stupid, and forced to think for themselves
>> will opt for the most stupid and evil choices
>
> No. It's a mischaracterization -- and unfair -- to assert that most
> people are stupid. Most people are not stupid. They make the best
> operational decisions they can given the information available to
> them. If most people were stupid, our species would have been extinct
> long ago.
>
Most people is stupid _and_ most stupid people have an instinctive
drive to mindlessly obey the orders of those that they believe are
more intelligent - and this is what prevents extinction.

Sorry, no time (now) to reply to the rest of the post.

Alberto Monteiro
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