• Scew [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    I think it's more of a capacity thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number

    There seems to be a limit to how much a person can care. Can only imagine that extends to every other aspect of an individuals experience. Then add in that most people will never have the opportunity or know-how to deprogram themselves so last they heard the local propaganda said 'China bad' so China BAD!

    • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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      1 year ago

      Dunbar's number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships—relationships in which an individual knows who each person is and how each person relates to every other person.

      That's just a limit on how many people whose lives you can keep track of.

      I can extend some benefit of the doubt but this "China has been nothing but a bully for 4500 years" and talking about "Han bullies" crosses a line and I don't think it's relevant to Dunbar's number. The propaganda however does play a role in making people racist.