Thanks for the book recommendation - I'll definitely read it. To be honest I feel like this idea is a natural law, so I didn't develop it - just made the perso

Thanks for the book recommendation - I'll definitely read it. To be honest I feel like this idea is a natural law, so I didn't develop it - just made the personal observation as a consequence of abandoning my own born-culture, adopting another, abandoning it, adopting another, etc. as I've moved around the world to live. >Which, for me, raises the question: is the latter type an unspoken collective fiction, but a collective fiction nonetheless? I would say, yes. Because its a natural law - there is no such thing as human culture, unless we perpetuate it in the telling - and this is why I chose the word, quite carefully, lie. Lies have to be re-told in order to persist. Collective fiction is a great phrase, and I will integrate that into my thinking. :) >And what are the practical differences between the two. Especially: does one type persecute outsiders more than the other? I think the human mind identifies, associates, and differentiates - and that each of these activities can either support perpetuating collective fiction, or deny it. To the extent that the individual recognises that they are indeed perpetuating a fiction, determines the 'detriment' to other individuals who are also capable of the same feat, albeit within their own identified cultures. >I ought to turn my armchair sociology into a reading list. Likewise, and thanks for the insight.