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Originally Posted by galleryseek
Survival and reproduction aren't collectivist in the sense that it pits one group vs. the other.
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Thats not true at all. Each group in this sense is most often a threat to the survival of the other. Particularly when one has more than the other, one has an advantage the other does not have (shelter, food stores, weapons, better land etc), which impacts the survival chances of each. Nationalism, racism, religion and so on and so on, bring people together, strengthen their bonds, strengthen the tribe when united behind ideologies and beliefs and improve their ability to survive and reproduce. People with no cause and no sense of purpose or higher purpose are horrible fighters... and horrible defenders and make for a weak fighting force.
You are making observations and judgements in the year 2013 by viewing the world through the prism of today and your understanding of today... and discounting 10,000,000 years of evolution and survival that got us to this point.