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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by cgrealy on Sunday January 24, 2021 @05:35PM (#25896897)
yes, but you said > intolerance to any deviation is inherent to any society or organization.

While I agree that there is a certain amount of homogenity inherent to any grouping (after all, a group has to have something in common to be a group), I don't think that implies that it must be intolerant to deviation.

Historically, I'd agree that societies, etc have been more homogenous, but I don't agree that it is an inherent quality.

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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by arpa on Monday January 25, 2021 @12:45AM (#25899730)
If I were to argue my point deeper, I'd say that these societies (orgs) that embrace diversity both are very recent or very recently exerted a significant effort to be more tolerant due to very pressing issues. Otherwise our monkey brains are wired to think "other/them = bad, same/us = good". Groups amplify monkey brain, because monkey brain gets us in groups so that leopards don't kill us at night. Hence the inherence and need for significant effory to override instinct.
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