05_never_again
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This is anecdotal, but I've found that people who aren't as into sports usually get their tribalist urges out in some other area, and quite often in politics. Everybody, unless you are just some real loner, has a deep-seated need to feel connected to a group in some context, whether it is sports, politics, church, your work, or some other endeavor.Makes sense.
Although I know lots of sports fans who have strong political tribal allegiances as well, so who knows if there is a correlation. Some people are just very tribal people to begin with, so they probably need to feel attachment to their tribe via multiple things.
And it's even dumber to become attached to a "team" in the political realm than it is in sports, IMO.