Bonhoeffer's Theory of Stupidity - 5 minute video that explains why you can't wake people up by using facts on them. Also, stupid people are worse than evil people.
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🧠 These people are STUPID!
Personally, I think this is the surface issue. The real issue is what is moral and what is not?
For example, anti-MAGS TDS people may believe they are moral, even Christian, and claim that this video explains why so many people "follow" Trump --because they're stupid.
But MAGA morals are higher than non-MAGA morals. Correct? And there lies the deeper issue. I believe they are, but how can I convince stupid people that their morals are wrong when they think I'm the stupid one with lack of morals? Around and around we go.
So, I don't think this video is explaining the deeper issue. In my opinion, at the root of stupidity is a psychological weakness--the fear of being wrong, or being held accountable, or missing out, or not belonging, or of consequences, etc. Fear. Deep fear that threatens the ego. And that fear can arise in particular when your morals are misaligned with something, and so you gravitate towards others with the same morals.
That's my hypothesis, anyway. If I end up in jail, I will explore it further.
If you watched the video, then perhaps you missed it as I missed it until a few viewings. The video DOES talk about it being a MORALS issue and not an intelligence issue.
Yes, I agree that's what the video explains. But my point is that morals are not the answer. It's a psyche thing.
If my morals are A, and yours are B, then who is to say whose are right?
We use God to justify our morals. Even then... there are different interpretations of God, the Bible, what God is, etc. So, morals are not the battle ground. Stupidity begins with weak, needy, fragile, or hurt egos. Such broken egos stray from difficult morals and lead to stupidity.
I don't use a god to justify my morals because I am an atheist.
Alternatively, I use the non-aggression principle which is a libertarian concept. This similar to "The Golden Rule" which can be found in the Bible in Matthew 7:12.
Even animals, like apes, understand this rule.
Now, I do see what you are driving at.
Thus far, I find these stupid people to be followers, rather than leaders. The root cause is the lack of leadership skills; the lack of a backbone.
I think this is the root cause. They can be intelligent, but still be submissive and lazy; followers. One may say that these are poor morals so the word still works; though it isn't precise.
When my daughter was in school, I saw all of these slogans on the walls like pride, respect, teamwork, etc. I did not spot "leadership". They weren't teaching leadership as far as I could see and I commented this on a survey. Upon graduation at the middle school level, they did mention leadership so perhaps either by me or others that the message had been received. My daughter has done extremely well. A professional NFL cheerleader, numerous accolades at her employer, etc.
People must be taught to lead. We all lead in some way at some times. One form of leadership is not doing illicit drugs when others are. (the ability to walk away from peer pressure) It is teaching people to have a backbone rather than simply following for comfort sake. I must say that I have a high "FUCK YOU!" capability. This is what fuels my leadership capabilities.
Then you would likely enjoy the ZAP site: https://zeroaggressionproject.org/
"Thus far, I find these stupid people to be followers, rather than leaders. The root cause is the lack of leadership skills; the lack of a backbone. I think this is the root cause. They can be intelligent, but still be submissive and lazy; followers."
That's an interesting chord, which - if you don't mind the guitar metaphor - I'd like to use as a jumping off point for my own riff.
The Cabal "gifted" us with a puzzle that has been on my mind since it began. What qualities enabled a relatively small fraction of the public to see through and withstand the weapons grade propaganda machine vis-à-vis Covid-19?
To me it is clear that that answer is not a matter of stupidity, however satisfying applying that label may be. If anything the contribution of intelligence is a negative correlation. In the college educated I noticed an inherent disadvantage when it came to rejecting the narrative. Blue collar workers of average intelligence could spot the crap show far more easily than the high IQ intellectuals and professional class. No doubt, side-stepping a college education spares one heaps of indoctrination.
But what can be identified in terms of personality traits? I am thinking in particular of those who were not red-pilled some 30 years ago. Those reading John Coleman and The Committee of 300 in 1992, for example, don't count. Original Conspiracy Theorists get a pass because they were ahead of the curve. Props to them.
After five years of contemplation here's what stands out to me.
The 5 Traits of NOT Being a (Covid Plandemic) Sucker
1. Fear resilience, or being a non-Karen. Not being whipped around by fear-mongering is a critical precondition. It leaves space to think and question. Importantly, the capacity to hold multiple possibilities and explanations in mind for an extended period of time prevents premature commitment to a narrative, right or wrong.
2. Ingrained suspicion of motives of those in power. Having an operating bullshit detector is essential, especially when pointed at the media and politicians yammering at the mic. If you are immediately repulsed by one exposure to Justin Trudeau or Jacinda Ardern at the podium you possess this essential life-preserving quality.
3. Grounded information independence. A perfect example: the videographers who traveled to hospitals during the early weeks of Covid panic showing that the hospitals and parking lots were empty, with emergency vehicles sitting idle. If you believe the nurses who admitted "We've got nothing to do, it's all a fraud" more so than MSNBC pouring on the phony fear, you operate as an information seeking outlier.
4. Strong trait of defiance. This is having the strength of mind to know what you know is true, despite being out-numbered 50:1 or worse. A psychologist would describe this as scoring low on the agreeableness scale. Not necessarily combative, but not the go-along-to-get-along type. I bet in your daughter's school you would be hard pressed to find banners that proclaimed Rebel, Disobedience, Non-Conformity, or even Independence.
5. Weak attachment to high status groups. National legacy media, Universities, and the public/private medical complex are three high status groups that come immediately to mind. People in such groups viewed Dr. Fauci as one of their own kind. Humans have a strong bias to trust those they perceive as of their own peer group. If you have a weak attachment to the above three groups - or despise them outright - then you were likely to listen to what Dr. Zev Zelenko had to say about early treatment options. He had success. He made sense.
Example. In addition to our departed Zev Zelenko, Dr. William Makis is someone who I believe operates with these five traits in spades. In interviews he shares that since he grew up in Communists Czechoslovakia he can detect Communist propaganda a mile way, and that's what he saw right out of the gate with the Covid pandemic push. Layer on high intelligence and you get someone who researches the medical literature to develop successful alternative cancer protocols. It's not much of a stretch to say he's basically cured cancer. For which he is being mercilessly attacked by the establishment - political, pharma, medical, and legal.
Conclusion. If I had to distill it down I'd put it like this. The military-grade Covid propaganda onslaught was not a test of intelligence as many tend to ascribe, but of learned suspiciousness.
Definition. suspiciousness (American Psychological Association) n. mistrust of the motives or sincerity of others.
Normies have low SQ. For those with high SQ it matters enormously to which group or groups you direct your mistrust. Set aside political theory for a moment. The answer to this question of who you mistrust does an excellent job of separating the political Left from political Right.