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Same reason people are proud of their country, culture, language, religion, etc. Because humans generally need some sense of belonging. It's in our biological
by pier25 5y ago
Same reason people are proud of their country, culture, language, religion, etc.
Because humans generally need some sense of belonging. It's in our biological firmware because groups tend to survive longer than individuals.
- nirav72 5y ago>because groups tend to survive longer than individuals. which is kind of at odds with or opposite to the emphasis placed on western individualism.
- pier25 5y ago"western individualism" is also a shared cultural value
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoNot just a sense of belonging. (Yes, people need that.) But people also seem to need a sense of being better than others. And they'll pick whatever axis makes them better than others, and be proud of that axis. Good genes, or athleticism, or famous ancestors, knowing someone famous, or high income, or good looks, or whatever. People will even be proud of being down-to-earth!
- dpark 5y agoPeople feel the need to be “special”. Even people who don’t think they are better than others have some way of identifying themselves as being special, even if that’s just feeling especially unlucky or downtrodden. “My suffering is unique” is not really different in its search for uniqueness than “my gifts are unique”. Even people who are aware that specialness is mostly an illusion seem to feel proud of that awareness, because it makes them special. All of this is to say that you are correct.
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