re: Why does society cling to this "us vs them' mentality?

quote:

---

Why does society cling to this "us vs them' mentality? by 4cubbies

---

Nature-based, 4C. Evolutionary/Genetic processes wherein COMPETITION pushes all concerned to get better...or die.

Of course - per your sentiment (and Jesus') - there is a point wherein competition becomes counter-productive toward survival, prosperity...and Spiritual progression.

In the current Cultural Paradigm...affluence counts more because given Social Media...everybody knows how the Affluent live it up. Envy comes in play. Throw in Politics as being the arbiter of relative affluence...and it's a dogfight.

quote:

---

Blacks vs. Blue
Blacks vs. Whites
Republicans vs. Democrats (very evident here)
Etc, etc

Imo, the only us vs them that is legit is citizens vs politicians.

---

Because politicians have been feeding it to the populace for a very long time, and they are indoctrinated now.

Nearly everyone here agreed that Republicans in Congress are nigh-unto worthless, but "better than Democrats". So, they celebrated the Republicans basically NOT LOSING seats already held by them like it was some major victory. Why?

Because politicians have convinced everyone that there's only two options, and no matter how bad one option is, that other option is "evil" or will "destroy our country".

The same applies to the other examples. So long as there's a divide in this country, the two parties remain in power.

Yeah, Republicans don't like Democrats, and Democrats don't like Republicans...

But I can PROMISE you they work together to make sure a third party doesn't infringe on that. They would rather swing back and forth between the two than risk becoming obsolete to a third party, even if that third party would be way more in tune with the will of the people.