• athairmor@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s the essence of tribalism. Before genes it was blood. People were (are) judged by their names, style of dress, language, pallor, etc.

    Humans evolved to survive in small groups and identifying those in and out of the group was important. Now, we struggle to overcome those instincts.