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It's basically a tribal identification mechanism wired into our brain. We have inherited it from our ape ancestors. Chimps can identify the in-group and the out
by not_that_noob 10y ago
It's basically a tribal identification mechanism wired into our brain. We have inherited it from our ape ancestors. Chimps can identify the in-group and the out-group, and go to war to eliminate the out-group.
We have realized fortunately that it's morally repugnant and scientifically unsupportable. However, it springs forever from the human heart.