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I would have to see more data or examples to take this last clause as real. It sounds like some off-the-cuff dualist BS conjecturing. I can’t imagine oxytocin increasing disdain of outsiders just because it induces the opposite feelings toward your in-group.
Neuroscientist here. Neuropeptides always have dozens of different uses, and oxytocin is no exception. The idea that it is a "love hormone" is a simplification for the lay person.
Do you have specific knowledge that oxytocin actually does this though?
Sure, here's a review article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X11002868