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Sean Faircloth:
Attack of the Theocrats!
The fundamental rules and concepts in human behavior appear to be simple and in many ways exactly like those in our mammalian cousins. Freud realized this and warned that we should not regard everything as motivated by sexuality; but imho, he was probably just scared of what he saw. At the core, we are primitive animals; but on top of that, the complexity of our society and cultural laws require a big, creative brain to sell ideas and inspire collaboration. When it fails, we resort to aggressive and segregational behavior.
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