yes i think the instinct to act as a herd is clearly inherent in humans generally - we evolved as tribes of maybe 50, and if they were all free thinkers they'd have been useless at hunting / fighting other tribes / fending off sabre tooth tigers..
(though it's also an advantage to have one or two independent thinkers - most of the time they'll be persecuted but all improvements are going to come from them, and the tribe that adopts them will win)
the "problem" comes when the herd is bigger and all the instincts for obedience, and their effects, get magnified
why german culture (and eg japanese?) has evolved to do this in a more extreme way its kind of meaningless to tell
all i know is I need to get the fuck away from it!
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2024-12-23 11:56:40
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