I told you these people are batshit insane.....

[mr_lebowski]

1. Everyone wants to devolve into tribes ... even if they won't say, people see cataclysms are coming

foisted upon this world (ultimately due to overpopulation) ... climate change, resource depletion, water wars, massive social upheaval, wars, refugees ... people are scared to their core, and seeking the comfort of the familiar, gathering people around them they think they can count on.

It's not as unreasonable as I wish it was. It's fun to think all these people are just batshit crazy, but ... some real shit is going to be coming down, sadly. I don't agree with their 'responses', I think they're mostly going to make shit worse ... but I kinda understand it at the same time.

Deep down, they think when the chips are down, they can only trust 'their own', whatever their perception of 'their own' actually is. So they're trying to dig in with 'their people' for the shitstorm.

I think it's animal instinct, and it's going to be very hard to overcome.