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Yes. This put what I have been saying... "every day feels more and more like survival mixed with fuck you I got mine"... into much better words and concepts. I
by spacecadet 1y ago
Yes. This put what I have been saying... "every day feels more and more like survival mixed with fuck you I got mine"... into much better words and concepts. I grew up poor and got involved with "tribes" where power was the goal and we learned growing up that you demonstrated your power. Lucky enough to have escaped that and to have matured into a passivist of sorts- I am troubled by the increasing tribalism and more and more feel my patience eroding and that itch in my id to demonstrate power...
- netsharc 1y agoI feel like tribalism is natural (as in, it's the law of nature): our prime concern is the survival of our individual selves. And then of our families. And since we are social creatures, the survival/well-being people around us. And if we're programmed to identify "people who look like me are family", then a tribalism based on appearance is pre-programmed. The next level of programming is "people who think like me and share my values are family"... And the pessimist in me doesn't see how the tribes won't get smaller and more egoistic in this world: population is growing, the melting/burning planet provides less and less resources, and social media is building up the jealousy...