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Originally Posted by Junkenstein
No, hive minds are not inherently evil. But it's a natural instinct of humans to use things for greedy, destructive or self satisfying purposes. So any tool that can control a group can easily be used to damage someone else. It's a rough example, but take the Nick Starr case. He deserved all the shit he got, but dont you find a bit, let's say creepy, that the right moment Keith was insulted by the man, a good number of people started the counterstrike? It just showed the type of power you get with a massive following. The gratification that any individual gets from being part of a group that accepts them and shelters them can turn even the sweetest person into a potential aggressor, if called for. And anyone, even the nicest of the nicest, have a destructive side in them, that can be easily controlled.
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People are happiest when working together towards a goal, it is an evolutionary tick we developed(a habit I try to break in myself). It's what allowed us to function and grow from tribes to villages to societies. It's also responsible for war, genocide, and numerous other atrocities, but according to nature, the ends justify the means.
What I find remarkable about western thinking, America in particular, is this notion of individualism, placing so much value on an individual life, it does seem to run contrary to evolution. While our own morals(beliefs we have been
taught) seem to point to the righteousness of that notion, we do still have these sheep like tendencies. (And if nature is the true judge of right and wrong, would a sense of individual thought be considered evil? Does nature/evolution support the idea of organized religion over individual atheism?)
Anyway, I am pleased someone else notices, I have caught lots and lots of shit for pointing it out here in the forums, I feel much more comfortable running with a herd, regardless of how small.
Oh, the warm at ease feeling of not being alone in your beliefs. baaaaah!