Re: Cops 3: Shoot low boys -- they're ridin' Shetland ponies!
I believe this. The more people have lovers, spouses, jobs, homes, and friends from other tribes, the less different they appear. This inexorable blend causes conflict, sometimes extreme, but its total effect is good, IMO.
We have broken up some tribes. I doubt there are many places in the US any more where Italians and Irish and Germans and English descendants abstract themselves out as a tribe or identify the others as rival tribes. Yet those used to be enormously important parts of individual and group psyche.
It's true our monkey brains make us territorial, jealous, and fearful, and then of course there will always be public figures who exploit this for their personal ambitions. But the more people rub shoulders with each other the more they realize their bigotries are inane. It's not a hopeless task. There are tons of things we used to kill each other over that we don't anymore.
I believe this. The more people have lovers, spouses, jobs, homes, and friends from other tribes, the less different they appear. This inexorable blend causes conflict, sometimes extreme, but its total effect is good, IMO.