The community

Imagine such a life: Almost all of your decisions are made by somebody else; there is no free area in your life. Your education, job, marriage, free time, books and newspapers to be read… All of these are decided for you, and you need only obey. 

The Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) structured itself inside the military in such a fashion, according to an indictment. Members are "handed over" from one older "brother" to another starting from school up to the top positions in their professions. They are constantly under control, and their personalities are oppressed. How else would it ever be possible for a major or a colonel to be under the command of a lower-ranking "brother?" 

The culture of obedience and the inability to become individuals are a widespread cultural issue in our society. 

It is wrong to underestimate and associate the problem with religion only. Materialist and racist totalitarian ideologies similarly destroy the independent individual and demand absolute obedience. Totalitarian organizations regard the "stray" as a traitor and execute them. 

Lenin's "iron discipline" theory wanted automatized militants. From such a structure, Stalinism was naturally born. The Führer's and the Duce's slogans were "believe, obey and fight," right? Totalitarian ideologies are psychological tools of creating dependent personalities.  

Their doses and fields are very different but "thick-textured" structures that control the entire life of individuals and make them dependent personalities are a very important problem for humanity. 

No matter whether they are mystical or secular, other people can only be orderlies for the chiefs of these kinds of structures. In order to sustain the dependence, they dole out...

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