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Groups are not the only things... as I said, analysis of the science (observations of our natural environment) provide a basis for accurate opinions.
The fear of alienation is instinctive, but so are wisdom teeth and the want to beat up your wife and kill your neighbour. Most of our old instincts are very bad for us and actually contribute highly to the current degredation of society. This is a very confusing time because we are at the cusp of developing new instincts that oppose our old instincts.
For example, our instincts as men are to piss on as much territory as possible and kill other territorials... yet we also now garner a natural want for peace and love and brotherhood. These opposing feelings actually cause problems because we are usually prompted to be destructive, then feel guilty for being destructive, then become more destructive because of the guilt.
Analysing the world is biased by the observer... so the only way to be as accurate as possible is to take into account a statistical group of unbiased observers. So, for example, if you think the sky is red and you have no group mentality that is forcing you to think that, you cannot claim it to be fact.
But if you encounter a thousand other people who are not members of any group that relate to the color of the sky, and they don't want to be a part of YOUR group, and they all think the sky is also red, then it is a lot more plausible that the sky is in fact, red.
The problem with groupism is it alienates those that do not exist within the group. This is conquered in one of two ways. The unrealistic and agnostic way is to perceive that we are not members of any group... but this is not really a solution because we then create a group unto ourselves with one member. We then perceive everyone else as an alien to that group.
The only real solution is the Buddhist solution: Everyone and everything is a member of the same group that you belong to. With this mentality you are no more biased to agree with one thing over another except through the use of scientific observation. Additionally, the problem of alienation is relieved because everyone is your brother, and you are everyone else's brother (or sister).
"Hating everyone protects me from elitism."
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