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How random teams can create instant tribalism

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Tribalism requires absolutely zero actual history or meaning. Experiments show that if you randomly split a room of strangers into two groups based on a coin toss, in-group favoritism immediately takes over. Within hours, they will fiercely protect their own arbitrary team and actively seek to destroy the 'enemy' for absolutely no logical reason.

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