The narcissism of small differences

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

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idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 250d (2 replies)

I have a friend who is an anarchist and a puppeteer and part of a troupe of likeminded puppeteers. I saw a sign for a different anarchist puppetry troupe in our area and excitedly showed him the next time I saw him.

He had so much shit to talk about them, and it suddenly sank in for me that the world is always going to be in some sort of conflict.

Maybe that’s the solution, just get everyone into hobbies with a lot of drama

dukemirage@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 250d (1 reply)

It's a matter of time until his anarchist puppetry troupe will break up and that's probably how there are more than one in the first place.

idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 250d

We now refer to them as splitters.

Wren@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 250d

Shit. I guess Freud gets this one, he was spot on for calling out fandom drama.

Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 250d

Christ is that relevant to leftwing spaces, especially online, and to the threadiverse

Thank you for sharing, I really appreciate having seen this

NewDark@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 250d (1 reply)

Leftists in a nutshell

dantheclamman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 250d

Well, we see it on the right as well, with their obsession of rooting out "RINOs" It can be easier to focus on policing the in-group