'Us' vs 'Them': The Hidden Dangers of Group Psychology

Intro music: Church of 8 Wheels by Otis McDonald

Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:11 Save the Children fundraiser
4:37 Challenge
6:12 Defense mechanisms on a social scale
14:28 How empathy & humanity get turned off

[rebekahnewman]

Donated. I was immediately thinking “but I only have $200 in my spending budget for this whole month…” then realized just how much money that is after you spoke so persuasively about this cause. Thank you for CARING. Seeing someone genuinely care and want to change the world is so inspiring, I’m going to write it down in my journal as a kindness I witnessed today :-)

[BenIsFiguringitOut]

I think the internet has exposed more of what has been going on for years. People feel more comfortable being disrespectful because of the tool of the internet.

[strawpiglet]

Yes, one side is suffering a thousand fold, and the other side has at least 99% of the power, and power is responsibility. I think it's absolutely critical to acknowledge that, it's such a core truth, and the reason this has gone on so long is the ducking and hiding of that truth through racism, religious bigotry, and weaponized identity politics.

I say this as a Jewish person who lost relatives in WWII. The notion that I would be given permission to inflict horrors on my fellow man because of that is absolutely absurd and everyone knows that.

[thattimestampguy]

4:39 Showing empathy to someone else
5:32 + Charity + Good Knowledge + Seeing The Other person
6:35 Defense Mechanism
- Denial: Refusal to acknowledge evidence, convincing oneself of lies.
8:55 - Splitting Mechanism
- Splitting: "All-Good" "All-Bad"
9:53 all of us could do this at times.
10:27 Idealization and Devaulization
- Devaluing: Putting down someone else, acting that you yourself are beyond reproach
- Dehumanizing: Sub-humaning of other people, dehumanization

13:00 Projection
- Projection: Projecting something from within and sticking it to someone else.
13:37 Diversion from one's own faults.
- Hot potatoing onto someone else

14:38 First Person, Second Person, Third Person.
14:57 Empathy due to similarity and identifying with someone, some animal. (Some thing. Some character trait, Some feeling. Some style. etc.)
15:33 (Empathy for in-group is stronger than Empathy for outgroup generally.)

16:40 No justification for violence against innocent people.
17:10 The Cycle Continues over and over again.
17:25 It keeps repeating over and over throughout history.

17:57 -Perpetual Victims- Acknowledge Humanity.

18:17 Fundraiser

[Socsob]

Makes me sad to see how polarized everything in the world has become. I really believe that almost everyone at an individual level is reasonable, caring and empathetic. Wishing for the best for everyone, donated.

[sealluv]

i'm so glad that you are taking action for the matters and gesticulating the matters of the Palestinian and isreal conflict! as someone who is just starting to conglomerate more of my conscientiousness and awareness to this situation, it can be radically dividing for everyone involved. My heart, and my spirit goes out to all the people suffering under this conflict and everyone affected as well. Its really important to be aware of what is happening without bias or misinformation getting in the way. if I was in any way able to donate or support humanitarian action I most definitely would, sadly that is not my reality. Knowing we are all human, that we have more in common then realized, will humanize and put empathy into the cervices humanity needs to slip into. And, dehumanizing suffering is by far intolerable in any capacity, no matter what language is being used to describe this dehumanization. I stand with those who stand for humanity and stand for the power empathy can spring forth; for love that can blossom and peace that is harmonic <3
from the river to the sea <3

[aabidahsiebritz]

Great video, it's fascinating how you can break down the lack of empathy we've seen online from all over.

[sweetsourr]

Great video 👏🏼

You described my defense mechanisms, what we talk about in the cluster b community.

I love that you speak up and out for what you believe in, in such a gracious manner.

Thank you

[agriduIce]

I feel like I understood so much, thank you for such a great video

[moonriversou]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Save the Children. All children of the Academic year 2023—2024 have died in Palestine; my heart breaks for them.

[aishajalilansari]

I am neither anti semetic nor islamophobic. I just want this war to stop because in IDF vs hamas, only innocent civilians are suffering on both sides 😢😢