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> Divisive rhetoric that creates "us" vs "them" groups. While rhetoric can increase things, humans seem to have an inherent us-versus-them mechanism whereby cl
by throw0101b 2y ago
> Divisive rhetoric that creates "us" vs "them" groups.
While rhetoric can increase things, humans seem to have an inherent us-versus-them mechanism whereby clans/tribes are easily created psychologically.
A couple of chapters mentioning various experiments in Ezra Klein's book:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We%27re_Polarized https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We%27re_Polarized