Bad design

Why are we designed to make life so damn easy for the dividers and conquerors? It takes hard mental work and long experience to avoid both teams.

Ockham and Machiavelli warned us in specific ways. Jesus and his disciples warned their flock. Out of curiosity I checked the book of Proverbs, which I hadn’t read before. Sure enough, it’s right there at the start, the first advice after the Address Block.

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My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them. If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul; let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; cast lots with us; we will all share the loot” —

My son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.

= = = = = END QUOTE.

Despite thousands of years of passionate heartfelt advice, we still divide by default. We don’t need any bribes or enticements to form Team A and Team B. We need serious encouragement and reinforcement to STAY OFF the teams. It takes serious government action like the Fairness Doctrine to slow down the dividers. We’ll never have another FDR, so we’ll never have government protection again.