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 What if it’s not someone trying to control us but us wanting to be controlled? 
 Most people want to feel like they are protected and that someone else is making the hard decisions for them. They can't even lead in their own life. 
 This is exactly why libertarianism won’t scale broadly 
 And why we should stop wasting our time trying to convince the masses. We need to focus on our own lives, build alternative systems, build community with the like minded and some will see that and start to come over.  
 Nailed it 🎯 
 There’s a passage in “How Innovation Works” by Matt Ridley talking about how we have ‘bred’ the human race to be more docile over the past 10,000 years in order to live in close quarters. It might also explain our proclivity to being ruled. 
 Interesting connection. Definitely plausible