As to your second paragraph, I have the explanation right here. Really old link, formatting is all jacked up, but bear with it. This is the most important thing I’ve ever read, explains much of human behavior:
Incidentally, Jason Pargin’s got a pen name - David Wong - under which he writes the horror series “John Dies At the End”. He incorporates a lot of these themes in his books. “This Book Is Made of Spiders”, in particular, just bludgeons you over the head with the idea of in-groups and out-groups being used to manipulate society.
As to your second paragraph, I have the explanation right here. Really old link, formatting is all jacked up, but bear with it. This is the most important thing I’ve ever read, explains much of human behavior:
https://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html
Good old Dunbar’s number.
Incidentally, Jason Pargin’s got a pen name - David Wong - under which he writes the horror series “John Dies At the End”. He incorporates a lot of these themes in his books. “This Book Is Made of Spiders”, in particular, just bludgeons you over the head with the idea of in-groups and out-groups being used to manipulate society.