Obey

When people are asked if they are 'conservative,' most say they are. But when you ask people if they want higher wages for the working class, stronger environmental protection laws, some form of single payer universal health care system, and less corporate control, most -about 80%- also say they support these measures....then these same people often go out and vote for someone who is opposed to what they support...in psychology this is called cognitive dissonance. This untreated illness in society could cause our doom...

A related issue-people don't want to admit they were wrong, that they were pathetically stupid for most of their life, so they often persist in their ignorance, ignoring the evidence of their errors-consequently we all suffer.

A slavish, uncritical loyalty to authority often stems from Freudian mechanisms... "A man who hates his father will soon lose his patriotism."...