It's a good question. I think it's been shown it's in our DNA to have a tribe that we associate with, and anything outside that tribe is a threat. Used to be a literal tribe, now I think it's mostly based on race. Can this be overcome with education? Unfortunately I'm really not sure.
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I don't think it's an instinct, because it can absolutely be taught.
I encourage my kids to get along with everyone, but at the same time I can see how some of their peers are taught to be racists and other clique behaviours from home by parents who are just like that and don't even think about it when they pass it on.
But by default, nobody is like that from birth. Babies aren't racists or afraid of different kinds of people. The fear of others is taught.
It will take many generations to change.
Not entirely, but we can control it. I would absolutely argue that we live in some of the least tribalistic times in history (though I will say that I worry that it's now on the rise.)
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Not so long as there are “haves” and “have-nots”.
As long as politicians exists no. People need something to have control on group of people. So this exists for long. Hope it gets over when robots take over.
the ussr and british raj collapsing are such shame. making latvian, lithuania, ukrainian, official languages after 70 years is 3L1T3. instead of having a unity, we must pay homage to the dead from hundreds of years ago 🫡