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by camdez
4620 days ago
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Well put. The consequences of that are where things get interesting: When violence is systemized we consider it OK. When something stands out we consider it wrong. Authority is presumed to be benevolent (or, at least, extra-moral). |
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It's subtler than that, though with our current standard of civics education it's not apparent.
It's that we presume that we ourselves is correct, and since we ourselves are a source of authority, then the authority we contribute to must therefore be correct. Benevolence has nothing to do with it; it's just egocentrism. We don't think of ourselves as nice; we think of ourselves as right.