What collective narcissism does to society

Re:What collective narcissism does to society by BuyMyBitcoins on Saturday November 06, 2021 @03:14PM (#29132979)

I believe it’s also the case that tribalism is the norm throughout human history and the authors of the article are of the neoliberal mindset that in-group preference is immoral because it defies egalitarianism.

But I also can’t help but notice that such ‘narcissistic’ in-group preference dominant groups seem to be doing really well for themselves. The Amish and Hasidic populations are doubling about every twenty years.

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Re:What collective narcissism does to society by pphysch on Saturday November 06, 2021 @03:35PM (#29133154)

Collective cohesion and "group narcissism" are not identical. Virtually every successful group has relatively high cohesion. Some of them also have exceptionalist/"narcissist" tendencies, like Nazism, Soviet Communism, Zionism, American Exceptionalism, neoliberalism, et al.

But you can have a successful, cohesive group without being fascist.

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