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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 21 Oct 2014

    I find it interesting that so many people think war creates collective pride. I have no positive feelings associated with war.

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      1. Evie makes VR games‏ @ParasiteEvie 22 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame "one wages war to obtain a decision of holy validity." ~Huizinga If ever there was a way to get people on the same page, war's it

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      1. Pete Ruiz‏ @drinkinpete 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame I think it's more so the biology in us to not want to fail

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      1. Cameron Suey‏ @josefkstories 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame Me neither. I think that's probably a modern outlook created by increase in communication across borders and between "others".

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      1. day-V‏ @suranyami 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame My father, a decorated Korean war veteran, would agree strongly with you. War is brutal & to be avoided at all cost.

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      1. Armin Gross‏ @armin_gross 22 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame I feel like you. Yet our history tells me it does - or better did. Twice!

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      1. Americanika‏ @americanika 22 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame nothing unites people more than a common enemy.

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      1. Evie makes VR games‏ @ParasiteEvie 22 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame of course thats not without dire consequence (dehumanizing the enemy etc).But with triumph over evil comes great collective pride

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      1. jddj‏ @jddj 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame Was gonna make a Republican joke, but the dems buried us in Vietnam, repubs in Iraq,, so plenty "pride" to go around.

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      1. Jere Nolan‏ @HalluxHarbinger 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame unless its against the reapers

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      1. Person Guy‏ @Yoyoson 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame I don't personally connote mass collective pride with positive feelings

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      1. vruz‏ @vruz 21 Oct 2014
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        .@avantgame Besides, collective pride of such a destructive activity is a key ingredient of fascism. What's not to like?

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      1. Laura Blackwell‏ @pronouncedLAHra 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame I like the "Wartime Cookery" section in my grandmother's cookbook, but I'd rather have the ingenuity without the war.

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      1. Eric Nicholas Reed‏ @EricReed13 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame When fully justified in a obvious way, War can be that. WWII is probably the last example of that for Americans.

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      1. Brett Rounsaville‏ @amtrekker 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame Physiologically, if you don't have empathy for the other side it's probably just like winning a game against another team.

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      1. Lord Petrichor, Earl of the Autumn Rains  🍂 🌧️‏ @digitaldraco 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame Not everyone has collective pride about sports, either.

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      1. Steve Spalding‏ @sbspalding 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame It's surprisingly easy to form a national identity when you're fighting against some real or imagined common enemy.

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      1. Steve Spalding‏ @sbspalding 21 Oct 2014
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        @avantgame Sadly, war has been one of the most heavily used forms of statecraft and state creation in history.

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