As with propaganda, Todd's thoughts on tribalism have evolved in the last 9-years. It's a trait, not a defect. Evolution burrowed tribalism deep into the human psyche for a reason and it's going nowhere. That makes it a potent force that needs to be more clearly understood.
Segment 1:
Sebastian Junger and his book Tribe
Tribalism and social evolution
The doe eyed folly of "anti-tribalism" splinter factions
Unity Via Division, huh? Go home, you're drunk
The Fantastical Cult of Utopian Diversity: do diverse super societies have a shelf life?
Vichy Whites: Wokentology's moneyed bourgeois assuming they'll be judged as "one of the good ones"
Remember 9 Thermidor! Watch those reprisals
Segment 2 (30:00)
Tribalism offers the protection of the herd: physical, ideological, even rhetorical
The accidental consequences of actually being a lone independent thinking chimp
Tribal politics, agitation and integration propaganda, and "revolution"
Collectivism vs Individualism: The invasive species attacking the foundational and cohesive myth
Revolutionary destabilization is the goal
Extremist Roulette: the scapegoated majority choosing their own tribe's self-interest
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