Identity: Unifying vs Divisive.
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People have properties. Some of these properties are used to form groups. Properties with significant "weight" are called "identities".
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Some properties are easy to gain, and hence the identity groups are easy to join. Anyone can be a Doctor Who fan, a Gamer, or a Christian.
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Some are harder to join. It takes significant work to become a Doctor, a Famous Actor, or a Senator.
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Some are automatically assigned at birth, "for free", but difficult to change later. A Woman, an African-American, a Dwarf. (Little People)
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When we start talking about identities, we can see that some are unifying, bringing otherwise-different people together...
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...and some are divisive, driving otherwise similar people apart.
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(This is not a fixed property, but varies according to the situation.)
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I think, however, that there's a trend; That easier identities to adopt are more unifying, and harder ones more divisive.
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@ContentOfMedia Certain types of unity are bad and certain types of divide are good.
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