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Are we hardwired to fall for autocrats? (www.theguardian.com)
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[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 39 points 2 months ago

It’s human nature to trust strongmen

not mine

[-] realitista@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

I only trust physically weak men who have a complex and nuanced view of things and have a hard time making decisions.

[-] zenforyen@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago

I only trust people who get stomach aches when faced with stressful ethical dilemmas.

[-] runeko@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago

Our new leader!

[-] andybytes@programming.dev -3 points 2 months ago

Well, considering both the left and the right are self-dealing pieces of shit, I would rather have a clueless pot head than an ambitious asshole. I'm a libertarian socialist. Everything I want to do to empower myself is illegal. Death to the Empire

[-] will_a113@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Word. Also it’s not even remotely true, as history, anthropology and archaeology have all shown us.

[-] noctivius@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

nooo you should say its natural so all their actions will be justified

this post was submitted on 18 May 2025
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