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Nothing beats "othering" the out-group members to really pull the tribe together!
by ropable 2y ago
Nothing beats "othering" the out-group members to really pull the tribe together!
- gosub100 2y agoPolitics 101
- robertlagrant 2y ago> "othering" the out-group members This statement is othering me.
- mitchellst 2y agoI know this is a flip dismissal. But it illustrates one of my deeply held beliefs pretty well: there are things that are virtuous at small scale that are disastrous at large scale, and vise versa. In society "othering" out-groups leads to many wrongs. But it's hard to argue there's much evil in cultivating a sense of family pride. The vice turns to virtue at very small scale. I believe in giving more help to those who need it. But does that mean I should skip Christmas presents for my kids because there are people starving in [insert poor country or war zone]? The virtue becomes vice at small scale. A unified theory of moral behavior is actually hard to come by.