@PhilosophyExp - if you have kids, one of the first games seen is war and "good guys" (us) vs "bad guys" (them). This is built in.
The desire to carve up the world into people-like-us (righteous) and people-like-them (unrighteous) is utterly pervasive. Nobody escapes it.
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@timothygmd There's a good R. D. Laing quote, which is a bit long: "It is on the basis of such primitive social phantasies... 1/3
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@PhilosophyExp some do it on coarser boundaries than others, with less orthogonal dividing subjects though -
@JakCharlton Yes, I think might be true. Adorno's F-scale springs to mind. -
@PhilosophyExp stereotyping is normal and essential for survival, the granularity of the things you stereotype on is the differentiator
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@PhilosophyExp Who decides? -
@PhilosophyExp Exactly! ;)
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@PhilosophyExp Plus it only means people whom he finds compassionate, others may not agree.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp the world is made up of those who agree with you and those who don't. Hah#seewhatididthere? ;) -
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