I think the general thing is that humans simplify reality by relying on generalizations and endless simplications which is why they can function in the real world and computers can’t. And things like power and influence and sticks and carrots for rewarding compliance or punishing non compliance with dominant social beliefs are just always there.
Like in Nazi Germany, germans complied with what they were supposed to comply with, because they were rewarded for complying and punished for not complying
Like I am not really sure that the murder of a George Floyd was racism. Guy who killed him was married to an Asian immigrant woman, and his apparent partner was also Asian. Other two officers on the scene were white and black. The other white officer is the only one who questioned what he was doing. Guy who killed Floyd had previously terrorized young white kids with guns drawn for shooting nerf guns and had apparently also dragged an innocent white women without explanation and put her in the police cruiser because she fit the description of someone they were looking for. Plus Floyd was actually on drugs and a 6’”6 former college football player who had worked at the same club as the cop who murdered him. Like no question it was a murder, but I seriously question whether some dangerous hatred of black people was a factor. I mean murder was married to an Asian woman and had a long history of even terrorizing absurdly obviously innocent white people, so maybe it’s racism, but there is really no evidence pointing in that direction, but media, and therefore society, has decided that this is the issue. I mean maybe it is exactly the issue, but is it fair to possibly punish and take away things from someone who just asks logical questions to arrive at what the truth actually is?
Plus there are examples of black cops shooting unarmed white men, one person posted a link where black police shot at an unarmed white guy and killed his autistic son...but these things do not make the news because they do not match the dominant thought pattern of the people who have the majority of control. And statistics about whether or not police target blacks are actually very unclear.
So I am questioning what is going on right now, simply because I do not know if X is true because there is such a jump to judge and accuse. But I am also quite sure that I would not have been able to comply in Nazi Germany with how Jews ate basically evil and deserve to be exterminated.
I question because I can not help it, but questioning can be very, very dangerous and questioning is not a thing that most people do. I do not blame other people for not questioning and just complying, because others seem to just work differently...others seem to typically be focused on their day to day lives and don’t put forth effort trying to understand difficult social things, nor are they very interested in “upsetting the apple cart” if things don’t directly apply to them. But I can not control my need to understand things, which means that, almost no matter what or when and where I exist, I am going to be going against social authority and probably getting punished for this.
Like I do not even know if my suspicions are true or not, I just want to ask questions and I don’t mind at all if people point out things that I do not know or have not considered. But dominant social powers aren’t actually rational, they tend to torment even the most minor even asking of questions, because being in power means individuals, or even social ideas, have power, and having power and authority means that you can efficiently beat down even the most minor or non-compliance without anyone questioning the inconsistent behavior and often simple meanness that power and control tends can sometimes result in.
