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Well in this case we can make the aliens I'm talking to part of the other tribe. Down with the aliens.

I think what Enginerrrd is calling psychotic is that there's no way to, as you say, "make someone part of the same tribe" without employing a great deal of force to coerce (and crush) people.

I didn't intent to say we need to "crush" people into changing, rather the definition of our tribes should change.

You know, when a president says "we gotta unite the nation" in a speech, that's kinda what they're trying to do. Except just saying "oh yeah, let's unite" falls quite short of achieving that goal.

But no, it's not about coercing and crushing anyone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_gap

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