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Will humanity ever be able to overcome that tribalistic instinct of "us vs. them?" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The way I see it that instinct is the cause behind so much suffering and injustice in the world.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

it's what kept us alive during our early days as a specie. I think is it baked into our essence as a human. but if it can be controlled or diverted then yeah. fund us an alien and we'll be an earth tribe against aliens.

Ozymandias was correct