• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Going against the group means being ostracized.

    There was an episode of the You Are Not So Smart podcast that interviewed someone (sociologist maybe?) about masks maybe in 2021. The tribalism of it all was their explanation. Signaling that you’re part of the group is tremendously important for us, probably evolutionarily so. Who’s going to protect you when a lion tries to pick you off?

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      1 year ago

      Which brings up triggering the lizard brain responses by constant broadcasting angry and all news about violence or scary others. Which appears to be the main recruitment tool.