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It is unfair to get angry at people who were not brought up in wartime for not knowing how to deal with the rise of a dictator for several pragmatic and psychological reasons:
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1. Lack of Lived Experience
People raised in peaceful, stable societies lack direct exposure to the warning signs and mechanics of authoritarianism. Just as someone who’s never experienced a natural disaster might not know how to respond in a crisis, those without wartime or authoritarian experience lack the intuitive understanding needed to detect and respond to such threats early.
Context matters: People develop their political instincts and threat detection based on their environment. A stable democracy conditions citizens to assume that institutions are strong and self-correcting, not fragile.
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2. Democratic Norms Condition Passivity
Modern democratic systems often socialize people into trusting institutions and using formal, incremental means to resolve conflict: voting, petitioning, peaceful protest. Authoritarian...Read Full Rant