Essay talk:It is Easier to Follow than to Lead

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Interesting, but a bit simple. Humans by and large are a whossy bunch, who don't like accountability, don't really want to take teh time to learn and think, and most importantly, live within their comfort zone. Being told what to do is far easier than having to take ownership of decisions. but it's not just the rise of hate that does it, it's everything. Giving to charity becomes the "in" thing cause George Clooney tells you to. Going to church become teh "out thing" cause your BFF says it's stupid. The way this article puts it, "green people" are not followers, cause they are doing good. --Sun mowse.pngEn attendant Godot"«Her intense and pure religiousness took the form of her having equal faith in the existence of another world and in the impossibility of comprehending it in terms of earthly life. V.Nabokov» 14:19, 14 March 2009 (EDT)