tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post383976211894356085..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: TribesSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-41461508373376817932009-07-18T16:39:37.503-05:002009-07-18T16:39:37.503-05:00"Our ideologies are tribal, our politics are ..."Our ideologies are tribal, our politics are tribal, our churches are tribal..."<br /><br />Very interesting. A cliche in leftist circles for 100 years has been, Why is there no real organized left party--socialist, social democrat, whatever--in the US? I think you start to nail it with "our politics are tribal."<br /><br />Tribal means, organized by emotion--and, as you nicely put it, in a way so as to derive legitimacy and self-worth from the group. The dynamic is therefore exactly the opposite from other political parties (e.g, Europe), in which people rationally perceive their interests and band together to promote them. In those instances, the group derives its legitimacy from the individuals. You have government-by-coalition in ways that tribalism can't tolerate.<br /><br />Here, where the mythology defines you as "completely free," "self-made," "independent," etc., while the reality fails to support that and shows that you're anything but, you blame yourself and seek validity from the group. <br /><br />No wonder Americans are so famously "religious."Mr. Wonderfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-65104838638088662372009-07-18T12:02:47.580-05:002009-07-18T12:02:47.580-05:00Rampant Tribalism = Modern Republican Party.Rampant Tribalism = Modern Republican Party.zeppohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873751697687895179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-9589827024262991492009-07-17T12:16:01.463-05:002009-07-17T12:16:01.463-05:00I was off living life & stuff yesterday & ...I was off living life & stuff yesterday & let her get away with pretending to be an economist (except without numbers) talking about expenditure inequality.<br /><br />Looks like somebody told her not to wade into the comments anyhow. Oh well. That won't last.Downpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.com