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[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Don't most people think they're smarter than everyone else and deserve to run things?

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    [–]VulptexVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    It's natural. Everyone thinks their way is the best and that everyone should just listen to them. I know very few people who don't have this mindset.

    [–]oligarchracy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    I realized I probably misunderstood what you meant by this comment. I assumed you were saying most people think Jews are smarter and deserve to run things. What I'm assuming you meant is that most people think their own group is smarter and deserve to run things?

    I'm not sure that's true in the case of Christians. Christians tend to be egalitarian and are taught that all people are equal in the eyes of god. The Jewish religion definitely does NOT teach that. Obviously many Christians are hypocrits and dont practice what they preach, but there is at least the expectation or goal.

    [–]VulptexVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Most people think their own group is superior, and that they themselves are superior to the rest of their group.

    Christians are a very extreme exception, and religion remedied it almost immediately. Ironically Jews are often closer to Christian virtues than Christians anymore.

    I will also say about Jews, most of them align more with Christian values than you'd expect. They're more willing than most Christian churches to accept that their scripture might not be 100% literal all the time, or even that it may have been altered over the millenia. So when one of their laws says to treat the foreigner exactly like a native, while another says goyim are subhuman, they're willing to acknowledge that there's a problem. But the exception is also the most recognized form of Judaism: the ultra-orthodox. They are the modern-day descendants of the Pharisees, who hold to a very strict, literal, and legalistic interpretation. These are the ones who think goyim only exist to serve Jews etc.