Affiliation Plantation

Trim life shadows flicker and fall
But you still can't turn away
Get up and run before you stall
Before the edges fray
--Ric Ocasek

Affiliation makes it hard to think straight. Our group is better than yours. Wrongs in our group are the exception; in yours, they're the rule. We're smart; you're stupid.

Commitments to failing courses of action can't be broken. In fact, they are likely to escalate.

Individuals are sacrificed for the sake of the group. Mobs rule.

Escape the affiliation plantation and be free.