Organized violence creates member security that validates the movement’s fictitious world

Evidence

Turning to the second path, those very social ties that religious practices and rituals help cement, strengthen communities but at the same time could also widen the divide between who is “in” and who is “out.” There is a common belief that social ties are inherently good, and indeed there is a great deal of evidence showing that people with strong community ties are healthier, happier, and more prosocial. However, few talk about the ugly face of strong social ties. The same processes that build community also open the door for exclusion to those who are seen as not belonging, and often, violent opposition to those who are seen as threatening. This could be called the social solidarity hypothesis of intergroup violence. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 528 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hobbesian logic justifies the excluded organizing into murder gangs; Graduated militancy buffers members from the movement’s extreme world-dichotomy doctrine; Induced complicity in murder binds members to the movement while front organizations lend respectability (+6 more)

Related

• Strong social ties also enable exclusion and violence toward outsiders (similarity 0.86)
• Strong community ties inherently enable exclusion and intergroup violence. (similarity 0.86)
• Collective violence nearly always activates a we-they boundary from among multiple available identities (similarity 0.82)
• Intergroup violence can erupt without prior animosity when institutions fail and trust collapses (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Strong social ties also enable exclusion and violence toward outsiders #expands (0.85) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 528
• Intragroup trust can enable intergroup brutality #expands (0.85)
• Violence provides the practical authenticity test for protectors #expands (0.82)
• Ethnically absolutist communitarianism produces its own violence #expands (0.80)