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Comment author: CronoDAS 02 May 2012 04:24:32AM 1 point [-]

This urge toward leapfrogging loyalties has less to do with sympathy for the poor underdog (white liberals’ traditional favorites, such as soccer and the federal government, are hardly underdogs) as it is a desire to get one up in status on people they know and don’t like.

David Brin tells another story about tribalism and expanding horizons.