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In reply to the discussion: (Rick Scott Is TOAST)-This is what healthcare looks like when austerity trumps public health policy. [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)It's that same reptilian part of the brain that reacts to what does't seem to match. We all need that part of the brain and we all have it. It's the part that has us react to save ourselves, also to get anything done that requires high focus and repetition.
The fore brain is supposed to buffer that and allow us to reflect and decide whether to act. In a mob situation, the reflection is gone, it's all reaction. That is what causes police brutality, an over excitation and the reptilian brain takes over just like a snake. We all have it, but to have a society that isn't completely sociopathic, it has to be restrained. It can never be eliminated, it must be tamed.
There are many things in this life that require this. But talk radio and non-stop media feed right into the part of the brain that has no conscience, no morals, no reason. That's why this stuff happens.
And they did not come for the communists first, if you're talking Nazis. But in keeping with what you said, it turns out that a lot of the SS were college educated. So we're not talking stupid here, we never were.
Cunning, clever, intelligent and ruthless, yes, they were that. Many of these qualities have been useful over the centuries. But it's not a basis for government or society and should be recognized for what it is, part of the human race, not superior.