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[–] Samsuma@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Don't weasel your way out and change the subject.

This is your position and this is what I was addressing:

Trump is a cult that dies with him.

This is your justification to that position:

It’s human nature. People are, in general, not different than their tribal ancestors from 300,000 years ago

You are suggesting that we as humans are hardwired to support the most popular individual and that anything eventful that happens is attributed to that one single individual (this is what Great Man Theory is), simply because as a result of evolution and somehow that's compared to tribes that lived 300,000 years ago, when hunting and gathering and grouping up was a necessity to ensure higher chances of survival. None of the links you provided back up that point, the hill you wish to die on, neither does your justification make any sense. I explained that these links only serve to describe and analyze tribes, not prove the Great Man Theory.

But you know what is a death cult?

Liberalism. Liberalism is a death cult. And you're part of it, engaged in it, succumbed to it and running cheerleader for it, because it serves to benefit you, Trump, Biden, Bernie, Rubio, Team Blue, Team Red, the full works.

Human nature, again, is also not scientifically grounded. Any argument mentioning human nature necessitates an actual scientific study on human nature itself, lucky for you, there's no such a thing. Here's another video explaining why it's a thought-terminating cliche.

I don't take it you're a reading type because obviously you did not read any of the sources you linked, otherwise you'd know that none of these actually say anything about human nature in relation to cults or tribes or whatever, so watch these from start to finish, you'd stand to actually learn something, lib

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world -4 points 4 days ago

You are suggesting that we as humans are hardwired to support the most popular individual and that anything eventful that happens is attributed to that one single individual

I did not suggest that and refuted it many times!

STOP STRAWMANING.