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Just like cults, marketers exploit vulnerabilities, create in-groups and out-groups and play on emotions to drive behavior.—Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024 To be sure, in-group love and out-group hatred are logically interconnected: the prospect of a common threat can bring us together, so the enemy of my enemy is my friend.—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 In any large organization, there are always smaller cliques, in-groups and out-groups.—Francine Russo, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2024 Conversely, when people from an in-group spend time with those from an out-group, dislike or mistrust declines.—Isabel Sawhill, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2021 When revised data support the in-group’s political policies, members of the out-group sometime allege that the numbers were cooked for partisan advantage.—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 Moreover, recent research has revealed that rural Americans have developed a sense of obligation that is more focused on local in-groups, in contrast with a more universalistic sense of moral obligation found among urban dwellers.—Jonathan Rodden, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2020 Studies show that nearly all bosses have—or are seen to have—in-groups and out-groups.—Ginka Toegel
jean-Louis Barsoux, Harvard Business Review, 1 July 2024 Regardless of race and gender, kids struggled to prioritize what was right and just over their prejudices and in-groups.—Melanie Killen, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
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