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<blockquote data-quote="Halbhh" data-source="post: 76311829" data-attributes="member: 375234"><p>Yes, what is looked up to becomes a possible lever to manipulate the population.</p><p></p><p>Like flag or nation or ethnic heritage.</p><p></p><p>When Christianity becomes widespread and old enough in a nation, a source of seeming legitimacy, then those that seek power will try to alter it and use it for their own purposes.</p><p></p><p>For their own lust for power and conquest. To dominate and harm others for their own seeming gain.</p><p></p><p>Just like anything that has status among the people, such as pride in the nation, ethnic heritage, anything that people look up to -- the respected thing becomes a target for a tyrant to <em>remake</em> into something new, to manipulate the people for himself personally, for his own lust for power.</p><p></p><p>So, wrongful goals, but covered over and justified in terms of</p><p></p><p>National pride</p><p>Ethnic pride</p><p>Religion</p><p>Flag</p><p>Ideology (Nazism, Communism, Socialism, etc.)</p><p></p><p>Expect that somewhere every year. A large nation like yours or mine births thousands of potential new tyrants every year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Halbhh, post: 76311829, member: 375234"] Yes, what is looked up to becomes a possible lever to manipulate the population. Like flag or nation or ethnic heritage. When Christianity becomes widespread and old enough in a nation, a source of seeming legitimacy, then those that seek power will try to alter it and use it for their own purposes. For their own lust for power and conquest. To dominate and harm others for their own seeming gain. Just like anything that has status among the people, such as pride in the nation, ethnic heritage, anything that people look up to -- the respected thing becomes a target for a tyrant to [I]remake[/I] into something new, to manipulate the people for himself personally, for his own lust for power. So, wrongful goals, but covered over and justified in terms of National pride Ethnic pride Religion Flag Ideology (Nazism, Communism, Socialism, etc.) Expect that somewhere every year. A large nation like yours or mine births thousands of potential new tyrants every year. [/QUOTE]
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