• OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
    301·
    2 days ago

    We were all the same colour. Then some of us left Africa and became weirdly translucent because we needed more sun.

    • DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world
      74·
      2 days ago

      You mean people in general, I see so many dividing lines that people are willing too enforce and they’re not conservative in any sense of the word.

      • 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        92·
        2 days ago

        Of course not all people who make up things for themselves to feel better about are conservatives, but it’s basically what conservatism is all about, be it national, religious, race or gender based

  • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    People with the same skin color and almost indistinguishable physical features have hated and murdered each other since the dawn of time. Look at the millennia of warfare, hate butchery, and slavery in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, pretty much everywhere.

    Usually people have conflicts with their neighbors, not people from the other side of the globe.

  • spicy pancake@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    new race wars spring up over attached/detached earlobes, innie/outie belly buttons, and toe length ratios

  • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
    3·
    2 days ago

    I mean, we definitely DID start out all the same color in the beginning, sooooooo…

  • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    3·
    2 days ago

    And they will find another trait. Is not like it’s the only one now… Making them less prone to populism would be a treat, but I have more no idea which implications that would have

  • rossjordan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    I see a lot of dividing lines that people are prepared to enforce, and they aren’t conservative in the traditional meaning of the word. You mean people in general? Block Blast