Show notes
As with propaganda, Todd's thoughts on tribalism have evolved in the last 9-years. It's a trait, not a defect. Evolution burrowed tribalism deep into the human psyche for a reason and it's going nowhere. That makes it a potent force that needs to be more clearly understood. Segment 1: Sebastian Junger and his book TribeTribalism and social evolutionThe doe eyed folly of "anti-tribalism" splinter factionsUnity Via Division, huh? Go home, you're drunkThe Fantastical Cult of Utopian Diversity: do diverse super societies have a shelf life?Vichy Whites: Wokentology's moneyed bourgeois assuming they'll be judged as "one of the good ones" Careful of those reprisals
Segment 2 (30:00)Tribalism offers the protection of the herd: physical, ideological, even rhetoricalThe accidental consequences of actually being a lone independent thinking chimpTribal politics, agitation and integration propaganda, and "revolution"Collectivism vs Individualism: The invasive species attacking the foundational and cohesive mythRevolutionary destabilization is the goalExtremist Roulette: the scapegoated majority choosing their own tribe's self-interest
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