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At scale no group is against its own personal interests. It sucks and it’s hypocritical and annoying, but that’s humans.


> At scale no group is against its own personal interests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National...


Don’t you think they thought this was self-interest?


I’m sure they did!

But it clearly wasn’t.


> At scale no group is against its own personal interests.

Of course they are. That's the whole point of scapegoating: convincing people that their problems are caused by another group while actually working against their interests.


Why is it inherently good for a group to be against its own personal interests? Whose interests should a group favor instead?


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