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Comment author: oooo 09 July 2013 04:12:46AM *  9 points [-]

We cooperate to compete, and a high level of fellow feeling makes us better able to unite to destroy outsiders.

--Robert Bigelow

Comment author: PhilGoetz 16 July 2013 03:14:56PM 6 points [-]

Reminds me of Konrad Lorenz' observation that the strength of love in mammalian species is proportional to their ability to inflict harm on each other.