>>> Dennis Menard on Therapist 
 WE> Rather intense.  Does this show how we idolize authority, that awe of
 WE> celebrities is intertwined?  As for tracing it's roots, we visit
 WE> notions of god-kings and almighty fearsome deities.  Then the tribal
 WE> chief and home grown monarchies of husband and family.
 DM> Conformity is rewarded from birth.  Don't rebel, don't ask difficult
 DM> ques- tions; obedient children get cookies -- while problematic ones,
 DM> get sent to bed ...  Don't demand proof from the gods ...  :)
Authority, heros and celebrities, conformity, repetition and imitation.
A lot of this has group survival value, especially for those on top.
Cooperation is nice but I don't see how a child can be raised without some 
coercion.
... Play tag?  No thank you, I'm out of 'it'.
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