A school of fish. They swim together like a flock of birds.
It’s not just religions, or ethnicities, or tribes, it’s ideologies. It’s social cliques, sexualities, corporations. People like to be in a group, they like to blend in, and represent that group, and defend it, and identify with and as it.
This seems to be political, but it’s not. It’s just a mentality. As the old saying goes, either you are in, or you are out.
Perhaps that’s what philosophy appeals to, or who it appeals to. The un-tribed, the outcast. The random free thinker.
But even as we do this, we are grouping ourselves informally—we like philosophy.
OP discovered anthropology
That’s clever.
Never went to university, so one is much less intelligent than you, thanks for taking the time to point that out.
There is a change coming that will force us to realize our individual potential. But first we must realize we were in Pisces, the fish period of humanity.
As we move into a new age, and the world challenges that accompany that transition, we will be forced to progress as a species.