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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
Sorry but I have to respectfully disagree with you here. I think you are assuming too much. I am NOT inseparable from fellow members of some social gestalt. I can understand that YES that can happen with human beings given human nature but not ALL people are blind followers.
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This has nothing to do with "blind following" (though it sure helps if that's a factor too) - it has to do with your sources of information. Most everything inside your mind came from some other person; your own contribution is dwarfed by the contributions of others - you are, mentally, more the people around you than you are
you. Unless you've been outcast and abandoned, in which case you lack everything people insist you have before they let you into their group. This is why no group will accept me now; I couldn't gain access to a social group early enough, so all future social groups will refuse me.
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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
Human beings are slow developers in many ways, very maleable and impressionable. We are by design drawn to grouping together in that by doing so we have managed to survive despite our human frailties and vulnerabilites.
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You are also very stubborn, refusing entry to people no matter what they offer you or how much their help can prevent you being harmed by a third party. You also by design reject those not already in your social groups; in tribal days this was the only defense against sociopaths.