Quotes About Tribalism

Però ho capito che per indurre un francese a riconoscere una tara della sua genìa basta parlargli male di un altro popolo, come a dire "noi polacchi abbiamo questo o quest'altro difetto" e, poiché non vogliono essere secondi a nessuno, neppure nel male, subito reagiscono con "oh no, qui in Francia siamo peggio" e via a sparlare dei francesi, sino a che non si rendono conto che li hai presi in trappola.

China no doubt wonders how Americans can feel any patriotic unity or affection, the bonding agent of classical citizenship, for a country so confessedly and irredeemably racist and divided. No wonder, then, indications arose that in 2020 China was directly funding various identity politics groups within the United States, apparently on the theory that their adherence to tribalism weakened Beijing's existential rival.50

the central problem with global elites remains a sort of retrograde tribalism. For all the grand talk of being citizens of the world, they really owe their limited allegiances only to like kind—westernized elites with proper credentials—or rather, to the systems and fonts of their wealth and success. They are like the royal families of Europe before World War I, incestuously related and essentially more akin to each other than to their constituents.

Human nature can't be denied, sir. The world is so complex that the average person is no longer able to understand it. In the face of that, they can be counted on to retreat into tribalism. Nationalism. People need something to hate to reinforce their own identities. And it's the internal threats—the people they interact with every day—whom they hate and fear most.

the word "silo" does not just refer to a physical structure or organization (such as a department). It can also be a state of mind. Silos exist in structures. But they exist in our minds and social groups too. Silos breed tribalism. But they can also go hand in hand with tunnel vision.

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were early implanted in his imagination; no matter how utterly his reason may reject them, he will still feel as the famous woman did about ghosts, Je n'y crois pas, mais je les crains, — "I don't believe in them, but I am afraid of them, nevertheless."

We often take for granted the notion that some people are insiders, while others are outsiders. But such a notion is a social contrivance, that, like virtually every public construct, is a legacy of a primordial and tribal mentality.

Is it racist to prefer country music over the blues? Or is it simply a classic case of tribal antipathy toward the unfamiliar, in favor of gravitating to what you know?

A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.

She said that white towns had simply banded together to rid themselves of the black stronghold in their midst. That is how the European tribes operate, she said. If they can't control it, they destroy it. If

She said that white towns had simply banded together to rid themselves of the black stronghold in their midst. That is how the European tribes operate, she said. If they can't control it, they destroy it.

bury their own, but the enemy dead they cut up and eat. Those whom they capture they take home as slaves

So quickly does nationalism surface in the heart of a man who thought he was above such tribalism.

we're subtly pressed to believe what we're expected to believe as a good "conservative" or a good "liberal." Anything outside our narrow channel is hostile terrain. But exactly this kind of tribalism subordinates the common good (and often the truth) to party loyalties.

First, many of us are tempted to affirm whatever our favorite political tribe affirms, and deny whatever it denies. Nobody likes to risk losing friends and allies over a policy issue. So we're subtly pressed to believe what we're expected to believe as a good "conservative" or a good "liberal.

When we talk about the rise of tribalism, I think the evolution of media in the '90s and beyond is a huge part of it. And you can draw a pretty straight line from Newt Gingrich recognizing the power of CSPAN.

Os seres humanos são uma espécie essencialmente social; o tribalismo da cultura online tóxica da atualidade pode ser um sinal de que é altura de reinventar todas as nossas instituições sociais para a era da Internet.

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.

If tribal thinking is original sin, then story is prayer. At its best, it reminds us that, beneath our many differences, we remain beasts of one species.

Acting like a crowd of kids/ the mask was a thin thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness/ He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint and could look at each of them in return/ They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought"?Lord of the Flies?

O vi Selv, vi Selv endnu ere vilde i vor Hu, stundom og i vore Skikke. Vestens Indianer ikke ere i saa hadske Slægter, skjøndt hverandres Blod de drikke, splittede i Skoven ad, som Europa er i Sekter af forbittret Meningshad.

Tribalism isn't a bad thing. If you're a Facebook user, or Twitter user or Foursquare user or LinkedIn user, those are all tribes... and they may even have sub-tribes. It's not pejorative, it's declarative.

Similarly, throughout human history farmers have tended to despise hunter-gatherers as primitive, hunter-gatherers have despised farmers as ignorant, and herders have despised both.

throughout human history farmers have tended to despise hunter-gatherers as primitive, hunter-gatherers have despised farmers as ignorant, and herders have despised both.