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Old 11-23-21, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
The anti-vax, anti-mask thing and some of the ridiculousness on “our” side make me think about schismogenesis, the social principle named by the anthropologist Gregory Bateson, whereby neighboring societies create exaggerated cultural variations to differentiate themselves. There is no other explanation that makes any sense to me.
Ridiculous as it might be, it's not killing hundreds of thousands of people.
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