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Will humanity ever be able to overcome that tribalistic instinct of "us vs. them?" (lemmy.world)

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The way I see it that instinct is the cause behind so much suffering and injustice in the world.

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[-] amio@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

No, not if we existed for another million years. It seems pretty fundamental to how we work, and how animals work in general. We basically discriminate along most possible lines. Few enough people even aspire to anything else.

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