tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post6279572897188988020..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: David Brooks's Follower Problem: Where are we going, anyway?Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-28310446873518189462012-06-14T12:46:04.234-04:002012-06-14T12:46:04.234-04:00Of course, there's one big exception to your d...Of course, there's one big exception to your description: God. They can't claim to have elected a deity, but many of them still bow to the entity just the same, and some question secular hierarchies, when it suits them, because they don't come from God. It seems that the people you mean can stand hierarchy when they understand it to be traditional, ancient, and empowering for themselves against others.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-40402809579341848522012-06-14T00:12:18.622-04:002012-06-14T00:12:18.622-04:00"They reject hierarchies and leaders because ...<i>"They reject hierarchies and leaders because they don’t believe in the concepts."</i><br />I don't think that is the case at all. Teabaggers love heirarchies and authority. As long as THEY have it. The right-wing is a text-book case of alpha-malism (to coin a phrase). What they don't respect is authority that <i>they</i> didn't elect or appoint into office. They very much worship the idea that each and every one of them is a "king of his castle", with the family being the servants/peasants/slaves. What they hate and disrespect is anyone and everyone who refuses to conform to their particular herd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com