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If we look closely, we will soon realize that everything favors tyranny. Religious institutions, political institutions, educational institutions...

The problem is humanity has a tendency to pick or gravitate to morally weak specimens for leadership. We also have a tendency to "believe" authority which often leads us astray. Would a wolf pack pick a weak leader? Would a wolf pack let a weak leader remain in position once weaknesses are exposed?

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There is no such thing as an alpha wolf, btw. That study was actually showing parents leading wolf pups.

> political institutions, educational institutions...

So democracy and schooling favors tyranny? I'd like to see your working.

They do. In fact schooling is a form of tyranny, being mandated by state and all.

If education is tyranny, it's small wonder tyrannical governments do better.

The state mandates education, not that you have to go to school.

You have to define weak first.

Look at "leaders" all around the world. Past and present. And look at condition of the world around you.

It is people's fault that they become our "leaders". It is a crime that we let them remain in position.

Has there ever been a leader that you would approve of?

Probably the ones you hear very little about. The ones who rebuilt after a famous leader's wars, whose only recorded achievements were to create an environment of relative riches that later leaders could exploit or fight over.

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