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bioemerl  ·  3541 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Racist Tree

In reality, however, the tree finds other trees, of which share the same views, and become ever more entrenched, growing hatred for society as society grows hatred for it, and nobody benefits.

The lesson of the story may be true for businesses, who rely on competition to succeed, but it isn't true for individuals. For most, a community hating you results in you separating yourself from a community, and learning to dismiss them, their ideas, and everything they say.

People literally will still call themselves Nazis. Those groups function and live on those mechanisms.