Facebook and Tribalism

Before Facebook there was no need for most people to reveal their true identity on the internet. 

Now they have, some things are better and some things are worse!

You can get a better sense of people when their identity is revealed, but anonymity has gone by the wayside and this has led to family and friendship breakdowns because of people speaking out during politically divided times.

This is unfortunate, but an inevitable part of the invisible being made visible or the private being made public.

I think at their heart most people want similar things but social pressures have forced or encouraged many into tribes of thought that see other tribes as their enemy.

Each tribe defines their enemy, by exaggerating their own worst fears about them.

Few of these are realistic, but that's how the divide continues and grows.

All the while the fat cats laugh at our foolishness, while they sneak out with the cash.