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		rayiner 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meritocracy doesn't exist and believing it does is... But group solidarity and political organizing foster an external locus of control. It makes you think of your fate as being linked to that of your group rather than your individual efforts.

yew 9 months ago [–]

Ah, sorry for the confusion. I'm not advocating group solidarity.

("Group" and "solidarity" are such fuzzily broad terms. But I think, not in the sense you intend. Real humans are, of course, social creatures.)

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