Endogroup Quotes

“An endogroup, as explained in The Creation of Me, Them and Us, is an emergency power structure that humans instinctually create and support in response to external threat.”
― Heather Marsh, The Creation of Me, Them and Us

“One of the six components of every endogroup is an existential threat from external forces. Another is an identity which enables exclusive membership. An empire which includes everyone cannot be exclusive or have plausibly threatening external forces. If there is no external threat, the equally inherent human tendency to egalitarianism creates a counter force which will dismantle any endogroup power structures created in times of emergency.”
― Heather Marsh, The Creation of Me, Them and Us

“An endogroup, as explained in The Creation of Me, Them and Us, is an emergency power structure that humans instinctually create and support in response to external threat. A mono-empire has no external endogroup to act as an existential threat and so a mono-empire cannot form or maintain its defensive structure. It dissolves even as it attempts to form.”
― Heather Marsh, The Creation of Me, Them and Us

“The path of our future depends on whether we find the will to change the social structures we build technology for. At the moment, representative democracy relies on the creation of endogroups. Technology is being used to accelerate and intensify both the divisive nature of endogroups and the endoreality that accompanies them.”
― Heather Marsh