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Comment by shw1n

7 days ago

yep, this is the "intentional" moderate which I also classify as tribal

distinctly different from the "accidental" moderate who could harbor indignation against racial prejudice as one of their views

https://www.paulgraham.com/mod.html

The person receiving the pointy end of a spear doesn't much care whether you explicitly chose to stab him or whether you stabbed him because you are following your tribe.

  • the difference is the person stabbing of their own independent accord can be convinced to stop

    the tribe-following stabber cannot