I suppose that one idea pointed out in the links @BioDeterminist just put in this thread is that ethnocentrism can arise without "altruism"
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village isn't actually that different from you.
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Not necessarily. The native women who had sex with Spanish men in Tenochtitlan have descendants bc the Spanish were resistant to smallpox.
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Sure, and in general if your options are extermination or having offspring with the conquerors, take the latter.
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Right. Their tribe, society and race were pretty much eliminated by disease/conquest. But most of their genes reproduced just fine.
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And in that situation, any gene that made them less "tribal" would be selected for.
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[insert comment about women welcoming conquerors with open legs]
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Right, and you see that in the modern West too. What is good for a society or civilization is not necessarily the best repro. strategy.
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That's why eugenics is necessary if we want to have a prosperous civilization for a long time.
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