@MarkPaulTimes It’s psychology. Othering the danger to abroad / outsiders makes people feel they have control over the uncontrollable. In summary, their own mortality. The people who promoted this knew & know well what they’re doing. Excellent hardse
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“persons with high need for closure who strive for simple, unambiguous & predictable environments, are reluctant to explore novel or ambiguous stimuli under threat, such as unfamiliar places They also tend to adopt ethnocentric or xenophobic attitudes
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Inhibition Underlies the Effect of High Need for Closure on Cultural Closed-Mindedness under Mortality Salience https://t.co/ZjASdTFqy7