What do you think of these thoughts? — Bug Biro
Most "sane" people blindly comply or consent to the mistreatment of themselves and others. Most people deemed "insane" placed faith in friends, family, and authorities undeserving of trust and were devastated by betrayal. — Bug Biro
People are tranquil of unjust societies and at peace with being controlled by severely corrupt, if not absolutely evil, governance — Bug Biro
What do you think of these thoughts? — Bug Biro
Four-dimensional, I wonder how so? Please explain. — Bug Biro
The antithesis of psychosis is the prevalent mentality, the prime driver of inequality: People are tranquil of unjust societies and at peace with being controlled by severely corrupt, if not absolutely evil, governance. Most "sane" people blindly comply or consent to the mistreatment of themselves and others. Most people deemed "insane" placed faith in friends, family, and authorities undeserving of trust and were devastated by betrayal. — Bug Biro
I think sane people are more cunning than you give them credit for. — baker
What do you think of these thoughts? — Bug Biro
They know how to "hide in plain sight". — baker
There's no correlation between sanity/normality and being nice. — Tom Storm
Can you give an example of normal today being far from nice? — Tom Storm
All people perform both kind and unkind acts. The most unkind tend to be the excuses they make to not fight back against an obviously present evil, denying people relief from unnecessary suffering. — Bug Biro
I would have thought it's a nicer world today in many places, except in some countries where it is still like the 1500's. — Tom Storm
As our astute OP seems to have noticed, a person only wants a friend so that the probability of ending up as a lion's lunch goes down from 100% to 50%. Selfish is us and of course the same goes for all life. — Agent Smith
An individual enjoys the protection the group offers, but gives nothing back in return. There's another word for such folks - parasite. — Agent Smith
How many - or rather, what percent of the population - is enough?If enough people speak up in peaceful protest, rulers will listen and adjust to meet our standards. — Bug Biro
Two things about that.groups larger than 50 - 100 are, I think, unstable and it shows - large cities tend to have high crime rates. — Agent Smith
Ye-e-e-s... but so is altruistic and sociable.Selfish is us and of course the same goes for all life. — Agent Smith
groups larger than 50 - 100 are, I think, unstable and it shows - large cities tend to have high crime rates.
— Agent Smith
Two things about that.
100 doesn't provide a big enough gene pool or work force for self preservation. It needs to be at least 1000 - but, IMO, not more than 10,000 for sustainable population and governance.
And the crime rate in modern industrial urban settings is a product of economic and organizational factors more than simple numbers. — Vera Mont
How many - or rather, what percent of the population - is enough? — Vera Mont
The answer to this depends on various factors, what it is people ask of rulers the most determining of which. — Bug Biro
What do you think of these thoughts? — Bug Biro
Civilian demands that decrease benefits, short-term or long-term, for wealthy and influential people, the response from the government will most definitely be to resist what is asked of them. — Bug Biro
The initiative of no cash and no cost is considered the most helpful remedy gifted to humans by humans and sparks rapid progress in the accomplishment of a near-perfect existence for all of us. — Bug Biro
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