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       Ethnotribalism and Empathy
       By: rp Date: November 19, 2023, 11:52 pm
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       I always thought ethnotribalists were devoid of empathy.
       However, they do seem to genuinely express emotional distress
       when one of their ethnic kin is hurt, even going so far as to
       cry. I know this is due to ethnonepotism, but how is this
       possible?
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       Re: Ethnotribalism and Empathy
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: November 21, 2023, 3:30 pm
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       Evolutionarily speaking, if two ethnotribes were in competition,
       which would be more likely to win (other factors being equal):
       the ethnotribe whose members empathized with one another but not
       with non-members, or the ethnotribe whose members empathized
       with no one?
       Thus ethnotribes devoid of empathy, even if we assume they
       existed at some point, would have gradually be eliminated by
       natural selection as they came into contact with and were
       required to compete against ethnotribes which relied on ingroup
       empathy as the basis for ingroup cooperation.
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