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The US Constitution & The Bill of Rights

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Aug 06, 2013 09:07PM

“In an average day, you may well be confronted with some species of bullying or bigotry, or some ill-phrased appeal to the general will, or some petty abuse of authority. If you have a political loyalty, you may be offered a shady reason for agreeing to a lie or a half-truth that serves some short-term purpose. Everybody devises tactics for getting through such moments; try behaving "as if" they need not be tolerated and are not inevitable.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian

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“People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian

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“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
― Carl Jung

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“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.”
― C.G. Jung

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“Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of the group's normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinking things through, they are often taken at face value. The persistent minority forces the others to process the relevant information more mindfully. Research shows that the deciscions of a group as a whole are more thoughtful and creative when there is minority dissent than when it is absent.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

tags: conformity, decision-making, dissent, obedience, power, social-dynamics

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