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I'm always amazed at the notion of loyalty to some arbitrary geographical region: why would I feel that? And why would it stop or start at some line on a map?
by __d 5y ago
I'm always amazed at the notion of loyalty to some arbitrary geographical region: why would I feel that? And why would it stop or start at some line on a map?
Humans are endlessly fascinatingly weird.
- Georgelemental 5y agoBecause that arbitrary region is your home, it and the people in it provide the resources and structures you need to survive. Human "weirdness" is the end product of millennia of natural selection, it's the result of optimizing for survival and success. Think on that before you rush to tear down Chesterton's Fence
- __d 5y agoOk, but the people on the other side of the line are equally able to contribute to the resources and structures needed to survive (and vice versa). I understand regional cooperation, but demarcation at a national level seems weird to me.
- Georgelemental 4y agoAre they? Humans aren't interchangeable atomic GDP-increasing machines, people from different places have different values, languages, and culture. So someone from "over there" might not fit neatly into the structures we have "over here," and vice versa.