We see more and more of the world is becoming autocratic. The love and respect for the leader is rising. My understanding is this has been the default behaviour of humans from the started because of our tribal beginnings.

But as our communities grew larger and we started on the path of liberalism, we started to reduce the trust on these strong men. Social media brought back our tribal instincts back as it helped create the virtual tribes changing of narrative of the global village in the physical world.

However, I think this was inevitable given how our education has been developing. Most, if not all my, understanding is based on personal experiences.

Growing up, I was dismayed that the students who could mug up the exact answers which the teachers gave scored better than those like me always wrote answers in their own words. There were few teachers who would actually give more marks for independent thinkers but most preferred the exact answers.

This system of education has driven us to find autocracy more attractive. But not understanding our answers we do not develop critical thinking. Without critical thinking we do not develop independent thoughts and therefore can’t question what we hear and see. We become sheep.