- 28 Oct 2017 02:02
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Does that translate to sorta-kinda?
Going with your qualifier "non leftwing-run states," do you think peer pressure is relegated to leftwingers only? In-group virtue-signaling is human behavior that crosses all groups. Humans in general want to fit in, and they learn pretty quickly from the cultural cues they receive what to say and how to act in order to fit in.
It's fascinating and not a little horrifying to see how groups groom prospective members through various propaganda and group unifying techniques, so it's not just the unconscious or unschooled, natural social cues which are effective, it's also the intentional and calculated cues meant to reinforce in-group boundaries.
In short, anyone can be a sheep, but only some have the capacity to be a black sheep. Long live the black sheep.
QatzelOk wrote:Not really.
Does that translate to sorta-kinda?
But I would argue that a lot of sheep-like qualities are imposed by the group and not just from the top. Sheep are influenced by their shepherd, but also by their percieved need to be just like the other sheep, which, in human societies, is imposed by everyone around you.
So leftwing sheep-like behavior may have more of a tendency to be driven by peer pressure, at least when they arise in non leftwing-run states.
Going with your qualifier "non leftwing-run states," do you think peer pressure is relegated to leftwingers only? In-group virtue-signaling is human behavior that crosses all groups. Humans in general want to fit in, and they learn pretty quickly from the cultural cues they receive what to say and how to act in order to fit in.
It's fascinating and not a little horrifying to see how groups groom prospective members through various propaganda and group unifying techniques, so it's not just the unconscious or unschooled, natural social cues which are effective, it's also the intentional and calculated cues meant to reinforce in-group boundaries.
In short, anyone can be a sheep, but only some have the capacity to be a black sheep. Long live the black sheep.