>>212191989if people weren't forced to conform, there would be no social cohesion, smaller tribes, no civilization.
off course bootlicking is coded into our DNA, it's the norm. liberalism is the exception. it's a miracle that it survived for this long.
and obviously, even in western society you have information control, but it works through different mechanisms. the media will tell you what to do, your teachers will tell you how to think. you get fired or go to jail if you say the wrong things. it's not so different. it's no coincidence that it all breaks down as the 'alternative media' becomes a thing.