Two New Words Have Crept Into The MSM Recently - Tribal & Tribalism....

[global1]

will someone help me understand what these mean and why are they now being used?

[BigmanPigman]

1. Yep, I noticed that too.

I think it means that people are in definite, separate groups (us against them). This is bad for our country to be so divided.

[Oneironaut]

2. i think it just means an us vs. them attitude,

with a complete unwillingness to examine the faults of your own “tribe” (political party or identity). Any criticism or opinion that is against the “approved opinion” is viewed as an outsider attack on the “tribe.”

[FarCenter]

3. People in society have stronger allegiance to similar people than to society as a whole

Thus they form special interest groups based on racial, linguistic, religious, political, cultural, economic class, and other factors.

It becomes tribal when the affinity to the group becomes stronger than affinity to the whole, and therefore the groups begin to actively compete in the interest of their members to the detriment of the whole society.

[CanSocDem]

4. Exactly.

"...tribal when the affinity to the group becomes stronger than affinity to the whole..."


Which is why blind allegiance to one party or the other hinders the growth of the USA.


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[democratisphere]

5. Part of our new third world nation status.

Some of "We the people" have and are reverting back to a much earlier and uncivil time. Oogabooga!

[betsuni]

6. Projection.

Right-wingers are ideologues so they do the both-sides-do-it thing.

[rock]

7. Culture is a very powerful motivator

Tribe is the most extreme manifestation of culture.