Are You in Our Circle or Not?

At one level, patriotism is about status rolls. I want to be part of a team that is better than the other team. When some one sees their team winning, they feel a little bit like someone may feel when their kid gets into a famous college. We keep playing with how big these circles are. Are you in our circle or not? And and i think this is a big insight here, many people have a cultural bias for a certain family size. It creates tension around things related to commerce, but also around culture. Around here we can treat outsiders with less dignity and less respect,. Because that moves us up, in our eyes when it comes to status. There are heart warming