If you consider this from an evolutionary standpoint, and I’m too lazy for this to be a research paper so just winging it for now…
The human race is built upon many layers. Some of those layers are highly social. Think clans and tribes for thousands of years. If you didn’t fit in that was it for you, it was the collective that made survival easier. Because of this we constantly judge and compare ourselves. It’s ingrained in us, a behavior perhaps built out of necessity that lives on, more for procreation now and less about survival. Old habits die hard, and you are seeing them manifest in different ways.
Want to know more? Richard Wrangham, R. Douglas Fields, and René Girard have some interesting theories on the origins, mechanics, and triggers associated with what you see in society.
If you consider this from an evolutionary standpoint, and I’m too lazy for this to be a research paper so just winging it for now…
The human race is built upon many layers. Some of those layers are highly social. Think clans and tribes for thousands of years. If you didn’t fit in that was it for you, it was the collective that made survival easier. Because of this we constantly judge and compare ourselves. It’s ingrained in us, a behavior perhaps built out of necessity that lives on, more for procreation now and less about survival. Old habits die hard, and you are seeing them manifest in different ways.
Want to know more? Richard Wrangham, R. Douglas Fields, and René Girard have some interesting theories on the origins, mechanics, and triggers associated with what you see in society.