Us or Them
Only a sith deals an absolute. It's a cheesy Star Wars quote, but it very much has real world applications. Us or them mentalities are the thinking patterns of the narrowminded and narrowmindedness always leads to conflict.
Narrowmindedness is essentially cognitive servitude. It also turns you into a tool for people a little more aware and a little more calculating than you are. It can turn you into something akin to an oblivious plaything to forces more powerful than you, and these people/forces can use your narrowmindedness to trick you into believing you are doing the right thing and you wouldn't know the difference.
The media does this to an extent. So do ideologies. So do very powerful institutions, organisations, and people. People don't realize they are pretty much being turned into tools and playthings.
Just like how lying and fear are paths to the dark side, small minds and narrow minds are the playgrounds of the darkness.
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