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 the thing is that all of these evil systems have one thing in common

they condition people to limit their intelligence

thus they basically limit the productive capacity of society, and further, their system of command raises and narrows the peak of the bell curve of wealth distribution until eventually the majority cannot stand the impoverishment any more

the appeal of being a brainwashed acolyte is that you don't have to make decisions or be responsible

or in other words, most people basically don't want property or responsibility, they just want enjoyment, and anyone who convinces them that being obedient to their creed leads to paradise can reap some 1/3 of the human population as their loyal, but retarded igor style (frankenstein) slaves

i don't know if there is any way within the confines of our current knowledge to break this pattern but i like to believe that empowering that 1/3 who refuse to be obedient to exert more influence and limit the diminishing effect of all that brainwashing and concentration of wealth, by moving that wealth into funding actual advances in science, we create the mechanisms that enable breaking the inevitable stagnation and dark ages that these methods of power bring about

ultimately though, if you understand that putting your lot in with the herd means going to hell, who cares about what they do, we are put here to keep the fire burning and move things forward to the eventual point where no amount of stupidity can limit our part of the population and you get the ascension