Many Reasons to Hate  (Talk TV with Trisha Goddard)
Channel: Sam Vaknin's Musings
Date: 2024-04-03

Do we hate those who resemble us the most - or the least?

Negative identity via othering, alterity (Levinas), stereotyping, stigmatization.

But “nearly we” (Ernest Crawley) provoke aggression, hatred, envy because they challenge uniqueness, superiority, and privilege.

Projection, splitting, reaction formation.

Narcissism of small differences (Freud, 1917).

Intimacy and proximity breed contempt.

In a study titled "War and Relatedness" (https://www.nber.org/papers/w15095) , published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the authors, Enrico Spolaore, Romain Wacziarg concluded:

"(T)he degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and develop more disputes over sets of common issues ... (P)opulations that are genetically closer are more prone to go to war with each other, even after controlling for a wide set of measures of geographic distance and other factors that affect conflict, including measures of trade and democracy."

Developmental Othering failure.

Entitled Competitive Victimhood (Bradley) imposes costs on scarce resources by generating rights and entitlements and by creating social obligations and grievances.

Remedying empathy deficit and educating to dispel lies and fallacies.
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