eli5: What is tribalism? How does it work in modern societies?
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The 5 year old version:
We’re the good guys. That lot over there are the bad guys. Everything bad or that you don’t like is their fault. Everything good is because of us good guys despite the bad guys trying to stop it.
How does it work in modern society? Just look at US politics: Everything good comes from my parties policies. Therefore all my parties policies are good. Anyone who disagrees with any of their policies must therefore either be bad, stupid, or both.
It’s popular because it means people don’t have to accept responsibility for anything or change their behaviour. Anything that goes wrong is the other tribes fault.
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