and whole civilizations, there can be little debate; there have always been fewer leaders than followers.
This is where the individual needs to be informed, educated, and develop the understanding of the demographics of how our human nature and psychology converge, and then arm themselves with the intellectual knowledge to determine which role they intend to serve in their independent quest for purpose in life. (This is the 'key' to removing ignorance in any area of one's life.)
Clearly, the results of any group can produce either miraculous or disastrous results. It all boils down to the leaders' agenda or insightful perception and the interpretation thereof, as that ultimately determines the result of any groups efforts, and produces either positive or negative results.
Irregardless of the results, the underlying evil concerns the limited understanding or effort people apply toward establishing their own philosophies, and the direction they take in their personal quest to reach a level of sustainably, purpose, meaning, and significance, in and throughout their own life. It is a responsibility every individual shares stock in, and is governed only by measure of; freewill.
As a student of life myself, and having a major fascination with human behavioral patterns, psychology, philosophy, and the mysterious spiritual nature of our being; I have conducted silent observations my entire life trying to derive at a competent and intellectual perspective, regarding the difference between leaders and followers.
While my findings continue to increase my understandings, it also has brought to the forefront the fact that we as people all hold (and almost need to maintain) a sense of self, and in any account this can be interpreted as selfish, and serves as a rather diabolical agenda of self survival.
We explore the world and all its mysterious properties, and we choose between the folds of time that which suits our survival, and affords us a level of understanding and comfort to feel complete within both ourselves and our surroundings.
The underlying evils that derive from "group thinking" generally lead us to accept, condone, or support that which appears to our perception as a worthy cause or serves the purpose of our survival. By placing too much reliance in any area of group think, we can view the danger (or evil) as it is always evident that we have a limited capacity to know the outcome beforehand; whereby, we may think we're serving the greater good of
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