re: #198 Decatur Deb

me too. That’s the hazard of the LGF blog - if you want to say something you think is smart, 20 people may make your point first. I was on an H.G. Wells kick many years ago. European intellectuals hated nationalism after WW1, and Wells’ commentary, fiction, and nonfiction were seething with this frustration. Guess what, if your team is all about singing kumbaya, someone else who is stronger, more tuned into human nature, and speaks German, will fill the void, then try and kick your arse.

Tribalism is like sex. It’s deep in our DNA. You can put it to good use or not. It is as ‘good’ or ‘evil’ as sex. Try to supress it, and people go a bit funny - kind of like how teenage girls who sign ‘chastity vows’ are more likely to have anal sex before they’re 16.