In 2024 “tribalism is causing more damage than good.
As Homo Sapiens it is natural for us to form groups known as tribes. There was a time when it was a necessary part of survival for humans to be a part of a tribe. Humans wandering around the Serengeti alone could not survive for very long. We needed to group together in order to help each other gather, create, store, and distribute resources as well as protect each other from animals and natural hazards. Accordingly, tribes were necessary to allow humans to survive.
Humans (and tribes) have evolved to such a place that humans no longer “need” tribes in order to survive. We have established cities, towns, and all other sorts of municipalities which provide everything we need to survive, except from one thing, other humans. Thus rendering tribes to be not only no longer required, but bad for the human race (when they are considered part of survival).
The characteristics of successful “tribes” which are detrimental to the development of homo sapiens.
Internal “need” to belong so we can feel good enough and at the end of the day - SAFE
Tribal requirements to conform in order to be loved so the tribe will keep you around
Hierarchy of individuals established by “being better than” mechanisms - for safety again
Creation of ritual and ceremony to preserve tribes multi-generationally
Placement of survival of tribe above survival of individual
Tribal-centric strategy – survival of tribe more important than anything else
The Hamas do not define Muslims, Palestine or Palestinians. There are plenty of Muslims and Palestinians who do not belong to Hamas. Hamas does not need to get rid of Israel to survive. Israel is occupied by people of many different religions and from lands all over the world. Not all of any religious group lives in Israel. Getting rid of Israel and Israelites does not mark the end of any religious groups or people. The tribal need to “be better than” drives many of these tribes to do really stupid things for no apparent reason other than some people cannot learn how to be happy with what they have and the experience of life.
The bottom line is that the world has advanced enough that we do not “need” tribes to survive. If we would all just concentrate on helping each other to enjoy living and share the responsibilities of creating, maintaining, and distributing the resources necessary for everyone to survive, the majority of sadness and despair in the world would disappear. We could actually just spend half the energy that we spend to maintain our tribal systems on helping each other to enjoy living.
We have the technology and the ability to just make the world a fun place to live. This tribal bullshit is ruining too many lives. When are we going to wake up?
Love,
G
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