The Importance of Status in Politics and Religion

Your position within your socioeconomic group is a far greater predictor of happiness and well-being than your position in the overall scale bottom to top in a nation. In terms of religion and politics, I think about tribalism a lot. Is there a status element on why people get bent out of shape about politics and religion? Yeah. Because lots of status games form around belief. And these are some of the most dangerous status games.