To answer the question, "why do people corner themselves?", I think it's because there is value in categorizing things. Unfortunately, this will eventually intr

To answer the question, "why do people corner themselves?", I think it's because there is value in categorizing things. Unfortunately, this will eventually introduce negative consequences as well, as you describe. It's like the difference between voting for a candidate or party vs. voting on individual issues. Sadly, I think it is the nature of populations and the growing nature of our digitized world to clump ourselves into groups.