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L'Boro, UK
Oct 2001
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People as a whole don't like change, so if they got an oppressive regime and their lives aren't too bad they'd rather stick with it than go revolutionary which will bring more hardships.
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Ecthy
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Zhonghuà Rénmín Gònghéguó
Mar 2000
time: 06:37
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Franky obviously likes to be dominated.
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ajbera
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of the Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium
Apr 1999
time: 05:37
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There are likely individuals who receive satisfaction from being oppressed, but this is probably due to something warped in their upbringing rather than a genetic trait (though you never know) - this person had domineering parents, never broke past those psychological barriers, so find themselves less stressed when "oppressed" than not. This is an aberration, though.
As other posters have stated, there's a continuum between absolute freedom and absolute control, and while some freaks want one or the other, the vast majority want something in between, most likely outside (governmental or tyrannical) control over big issues (national security, etc.) and freedom over smaller, personal issues (who they can sleep with, where they can work.)
But just as an individual can be afraid to make decisions for themselves, a nation is made of groups of individuals, and a nation (or culture) can have something akin to a maturity level, and a fear of certain decisions. Tack on a history of tyranny, and a nation may well be so afraid of making its own large-scale decisions that it "prefers" a strong leader to do so.
Last edited by ajbera on 18-07-2005 at 21:01
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