This is the primary weakness of social animals that religions and governments use to gain support for even the most terrible of decisions: InGroup VS OutGroup.
When the group is threatened, members of the group are willing to overlook much to protect the group as a whole. A total pacifist in a religion can staunchly defend a quote about warfare if it comes from their holy book. Religions usually come as 'belief packets'. There can be totally different individual beliefs within one packet, but people believe or disbelieve as a whole. To disbelieve a part is to weaken the group and doubt the integrity of the author. It is better for the defense of the group if everyone believes the whole thing. Same with government. Common people support corrupt decisions they would never have made themselves because the decision originated in their party and they feel they need to defend their group.
So how can humans be kept in a controlled group and feel constant opposition? Multiplicity of beliefs does this for religions. But governments have evolved an even stronger way; the party system.
The party system is like a constant battle between sports teams, each side with it's fans. People are so busy protecting their team and fighting the other, that they overlook the binary nature of the issues and don't realize they individually have no power. But they feel involved in their government, so they are content. At least they did their part. Maybe they voted or something. But no. The sheep don't really do anything.
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Non-FictionTime for the human system to come to an end. They set it up so individuals have no say. Well, let's see what we can do.
