Conventional Wisdom

Each society and within each social class there exists certain mindsets. We also see variations among different personalities. Conventional wisdom is what forms among people who share things in common. Some of this wisdom is good and useful and some notions are mistaken. People in different classes lean certain ways. Concerning those who would rule over us, or for a better word, manage our common affairs, we want representation of all the classes and yet this can make governing confusing also. Military rule is good for security but doesn't do so well concerning business. It is good to have the best and brightest in office but they too can have a disconnect with issues due to pride. That is one of the reasons why in the United States they came up with a three chamber system of lawmaking and a three-branch system of government.

When a country is free and peaceful, it gets harder to find those who have experience dealing with barbarism. Barbarism is a mindset that has lost civility due to an ideal or greed. Within a society, there are individuals who succumb to this and we have a domestic police force to defend innocent citizens. There always exists Utopians in a society who deny people can be that way, but it is a reality that has to be dealt with.

A society can become aggressive and convince themselves the world needs to conform to their rule. There have been wars declared between countries to settle disputes in somewhat of an orderly form but with barbarism there are no rules. It takes people who have experience with this mindset to deal with them. Barbaric people laugh at domestic principles of civility. Aristotle observed how vulnerable people can become when ruled by a domestic class and gave examples of countries that had been defeated due to a domestic based conventional wisdom. The women at that time made up a majority of this class so he appears sexist in this section. Although a household can be managed well by the use of grace, mercy and agreements, this doesn't work with barbaric people. They actually take pride in deception. This tends to get a country defeated when it comes to battles, invasions and terrorism. Historically, peaceful countries end up becoming servants to those who aren't afraid use aggression.