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Patriotism vs Nationalism (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by realitista@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

separately, it would be a travesty to say that the so-called "tribes" [...] were "given to us by chance"

What I meant by that is that you don't decide where you're born or who your parents are. That is "by chance" from the point of view of the individual.

Humans are a tribal species. Whether we're talking culture, ethnicity, nationality or any other method of defining who is inside or outside the group, the fact is we have an ingrained tendency to separate "us" from "them".

Modern psychology says that the process of becoming more and more inclusive and tolerant is the process of expanding your mental map of who your "tribe" is.

This means that to truly accomplish our goal here (you and I seem to 100% agree on that goal), we need to expand people's mental model of their tribe to encompass all people.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I truly believe that when we accomplish the goal, people's mental model of just about anything "different" or "strange" is also implied to have changed, for the better.

Around that time, we will be able to evolve and leave most of our self-destructive mental models behind.