Lol, the best way to fight it is to remind people that inherited group identity is not something you must care about in the least. Indeed, if you possess any nobility in you, then that necessarily means you feel compelled to be free _from_ all inherited, legacy identity, and any identity formed reflexively and negatively _against_ something else that exists. Lean into intellectual autonomy. In the West, you can do this. The law is here to protect you from any group that would seek to punish you for walking away. It takes strength and courage to resist the tug of intellectual solidarity for comfort's sake _and_ to fight off those who resent your independence. Sure, we evolved to be groupish, but let's also remember that one reason we do it is because historically, it was the group itself that would punish or kill us if we did not submit to that collective identity. You may tell yourself it's pride that keeps you in the huddle, but underneath that, it's hundreds of millennia of fear of that very group at work. But we live now, and not then.

@Chloe-qd5vx

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Great comment. Although I don’t disagree with your point, I might argue it’s more than just fear of punishment that drives people towards group identification. If we have been inheriting group identities for hundreds of millennia, perhaps it’s unnatural for us to suddenly abandon them. In this sense, the fear does not stem from others but from death itself (why am I here just to die? Well, [insert group here] can provide me with a higher sense of meaning). Identifying with a group affords people a sense of purpose that is sorely lacking in modern life.

@wolfumz

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There are perks to being a part of a group beyond security. We can accomplish more by cooperating and organizing our work. If you're ambitious, it pays to know how to cooperate. Plus, by being a part of the group, you don't have to reinvent the wheel, you can rely on others specializing and honing their skills/ knowledge. People have argued some degree of hierarchy is necessary to get any meaningful project done. I liked how this talk considered power dynamics and mentality of dominance/subjugation.

@RichardLucas

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@@wolfumz The benefits of groupishness are clear, and there is no end of people who will lean on that side of it. You are misguided if you think anyone could come in like me and turn people from it. I can say true things all day and it doesn't move human psychology. So, as the dude voicing the least-heard message about groups and identity that I've seen on the web, I say relax.

@RichardLucas

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@@Chloe-qd5vx Yeah, you can spin it that way. And most will find a way to spin it. That's because what comes first is our emotional disposition, then the inner narrator back-fills the mind with justifications for the preexisting disposition. That's how minds operate, typically. I'm voicing a point of view rarely articulated, mainly because it runs counter to those preexisting dispositions. There's little danger of people suddenly becoming staunch individualists. Only the few will ever attain that, because only the few will even find it desirable.

The great tragedy of the moment is that in seeking to rationalise modern issues of injustice using the idea of colonialism, these academics have missed the the true engine behind these changes which is technology. The Chinese ability to politically suppress the technological and societal advances inherent in the use of gunpowder is possibly the greatest cultural achievement of the last millennium, this is where the intelligentsia needs to be looking, not vague ideas of cultural dominance.

Thank you! Very interesting to hear components of deconstructing the topic.

Fantastic articulation! I look forward to familiarizing myself with your work. Thank you.

Wow, what a breath of fresh air in the form of nuance. I'm subscribing, please keep the content coming. I'll also share. Blessings

Gabriel Rockhill brought me here

Really good stuff!

What is the engine of technology

Hello, I have to say the talk was interesting and engaging and I did watch the whole thing. I’m just a regular fella who has engaged with Enrique Dussel, Ramon grosfoguel work on youtube. That is to say far from a scholar. However after watching your talk I’m not convinced that their work or project should be abandoned. I am not sure that’s what you’re proposing anyway. I have to say that we must acknowledge that not only is land colonized but so are our minds.

@A.R-ol5vm

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He’s just saying that the colonial matrix of power which is an import from Latin America has been imposed top down on the African continent without taking into account its history. In other words the theory works for Latin America as is, but needs to be contextualized in an African context😉

poor brown man white man got him down

@thinkingcitizen

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the CEO of this platform, KZread, is Neal Mohan-- a brown/ Asian Indian man

@Ubu987

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@@thinkingcitizen Poor, systemically oppressed, Neal. His life is a grind of misery and hardship due to colonialism and capitalism.

@BBWahoo

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White men get me down bad 🥵