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Tribalism In Night By Elie Wiesel

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Humanity has accomplished so many things and advanced greatly since its beginning. We managed to set foot on the moon, and send probes to research planets across the solar system. We designed new technology and now people from different sides of the world can communicate within seconds. Humanity accomplishes new feats every year. However, because we are all human beings, we all have a tribal instinct. Because of this tribal Instinct, humanity cannot solve urgent problems in the world. Tribal instinct, also referred to as Tribalism, is something all humans have. Tribalism is the behavior and attitudes that stem from strong loyalty to one's own tribe or social group. These social groups or tribes can be anything; nations, communities, religious groups, etc. RHEG, a website with an informative article about tribalism, has many facts and examples about humanities tribal instincts. Often in tribalism, members of a group gather around an “alpha”. Members of a tribal group idolize these alphas and look to them for guidance in desperate times. Tribalism can sometimes be a good thing, or a bad thing. Popular examples of bad things are sexism, racism, homophobia, and ageism. Although humanity is very advanced …show more content…

The Holocaust in World War II is a great example of a strong presence of tribalism. Over six million Jewish citizens were killed by Nazi Germany. The Nazis believed that their social group was superior to jews, and stopped at nothing to prove it. Their alpha was Adolf Hitler, and the nazi followers looked up to him during the ten plus years he reigned. Once Hitler committed suicide, his followers did not have an alpha to follow, and surrendered to the western allies only a few days after. Unfortunately, the concept of Nazism is even in talks in today's world because of multiple Neo-nazi rallies, and

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