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The ego is characterised by its fragility; it can be easily broken by insult or simple disagreement. Withdrawing from the status quo indirectly threatens the ego of the crowd. The crowd’s very existence, which perpetuates the status quo, strengthens the collective ego of its followers. People desire approval, and conforming to the crowd is indeed…
It is not the individual who expresses a positive fact about themselves that exhibits egotistical tendencies. Rather, it is the person who unjustifiably feels threatened and offended by that individual’s self-confidence. Their very act of taking offence reveals their egocentric view of themselves. They are insecure and overly concerned with how they compare to others.…
This brings me to underscore a crucial hypothesis. The inherent human inclination to form a collective consciousness, to conform and seek out those who share the same perspective, often leads people to believe that their beliefs and values are more widely accepted than they truly are—a phenomenon known as false consensus. This flaw, while common…
According to the Worldometer website, the human population exceeded 8 billion in 2023 and continues to rise. The World Economic Forum suggests that a mere 7% of the current human population accounts for the total number of humans that have ever lived. This equates to an estimated 109 billion people having lived over the span…
At first glance, everything appears perfect. Perfectly designed, perfectly aligned, perfectly consigned. As we look upon each other, we assume that the human form must be the work of a creator. This belief often prevents them from accepting the empirically established fact that our species is a part of the universal process of evolution, replete…
It’s quite ironic how conservative Americans bang on about American being a Christian country, or a country that was founded on with religious theocratic intent. American founding fathers would be rolling in their grave. The United States was founded with the complete opposite in mind. For its time, it was ahead of other nations with…
If Project 2025 were to be implemented by any incoming US president, then that would be, against the original values of the founding of the country. Absolute power is wholly anti-American. Having perused the calamitous summary of Project 2025, republicans, brainwashed by their own in-group contradictions, are showing their idiocy.
I began the recruitment process to join the Royal Navy in 2017, after my time at undergraduate study. Following the second part of the medical, I failed the eye test due to a lifelong deformity in my left eye (esotropia). Many years later, my views on life, society and work have changed and, one might…
America has never truly experienced a tyrannical government before. It’s whole founding was a counter to tyrannical, British imperialism in the 1700s. It was built to go against tyranny. With the 2020s rise in American populism, it is quite clear that they are naïve to the possibility of it happening by their own hands. The…