They’ll sell a ton of these cards. When people get engulfed by the psychology of tribalism, they hunger for ways to show their membership in the tribe. One way is with symbols or tokens displayed or worn to proudly show one’s belonging to the group. 1/9 →
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2/..Trump says these personalized cards will be “reserved for President Trump's STRONGEST supporters.” In other words: getting one will probably mean making a campaign donation that exceeds some minimum amount. 2/9 →
3/..For people who’ve fallen into a tribal mindset, displaying one’s standing and status *within* the group is even more important than showing it outside. People will buy these cards as a way to show others in the group what superior tribe members they are. 3/9 →
4/..As people fall deeper into the tribal mindset, they start to define their core identity and worth as being with the group. This becomes more important than anything. It’s who they are. They’ll look for any opportunity to show what group they belong to. 4/9 →
5/..When all a person cares about is showing they belong to a certain group, they’ll find ways to do that in almost any situation. Not just with tokens and symbols. They’ll link any belief or opinion they have to the ideology of the group, whether it makes sense or not. 5/9 →
6/.As their own identity gets lost, they start to associate group membership to just about anything: what movies they dislike, their feelings on an athlete’s decision to withdraw from the Olympics, or even the decision of whether to get vaccinated against a deadly disease. 6/9 →
7/..To such people, finding opportunities to express their tribalism is more important than anything. Even more important than the safety of their communities during an outbreak of a deadly disease. 7/9 →
8/..For some, refusing to be vaccinated or wear a mask to places during a pandemic shows that nothing’s more important to them than finding one more way to fight with people they think are enemies and express their tribalism. 8/9 →
9/..As businesses and venues start requiring proof of COVID19 vaccination for admittance, we'll see delirious protesters showing their tribe membership. They’ll be proudly waving “Trump cards," clueless that politicizing a public health crisis isn’t anything to be proud of. 9/9
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