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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai
Politics is religion in so many ways (unfortunately all the negative ways), where the believers become indoctrinated and blind to all else.
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Aye. To paraphrase the idea often repeated in literature: "We become who we are by knowing whom we oppose."
Politics is perfect ground for us versus them mentality. You already have a group of people thinking certain way and having an opponent, so you only need to join the group to become somebody. They will even readily give you a list of slurs that you can use to refer to the other group.
But anything can become a religion when you find enough people believing in it. I've seen this too many times and I'm sure so have the others. Football is better than basketball (though we all should love "sports"), dogs are better than cats (though we all should love "animals"), pizza is better than hamburger (though we all should love "food").
Some people just seem to need enemies to feel safe.