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People are proud of all kinds of things that they have no control over/didn't do. Race, nation, sports teams, etc

• AlbertCory 4y ago
  Most of those date from the last 50,000 years, at the very latest.
  • andrewflnr 4y ago
    That's far enough back to be functionally indistinguishable from 50mya. The same level of personal choice is involved. And yet... People are always looking for a reason to be special, they'll take whatever they can get.
    • AlbertCory 4y ago
      > functionally indistinguishable from 50mya not quite. In the former, there were homo sapiens while in the latter, not.
      • andrewflnr 4y ago
        Do you think people take into account the timeline of homo sapiens in their region when they decide whether to have "regional pride"? I suspect not. You're looking for sense where there is none to be found.