Moral Narratives Form Chosen People Logic & Drive Major Cultural Distinctions

 Thinking of this in terms of the idea, from The Dawn of Everything, that major socio-cultural evolution solidifies around moral meta-narratives that allow people to say "we are the group that does/values X, while they are the group that does not".

Its less standard evolution applied to cultural traits (as per most cultural evolution books suppose), and more random minor differences that then get moralized in terms of a narrative (as per moral Group Agent theories).  Group Agents then enable adherents to theorize why they are "the chosen people".  This is the moral narrative re-interpretation / invention.

Accurate Take on Emergency Enabling Authoritarianism

 This is probably the most lucid take on how the new normal state of emergency happens to increase the reach of the state, not through any singular conspiratorial menace, like a Justin Trudeau, but rather via a simple, generally understood morality that operationalizes itself via disparate actors into a (moral) Group Agent.  

I'd also add that the role of meta-narrative, then moralized meta-narrative is ultra important.  As per Wengrow & Graeber I'd also suggest that minor biological tendencies to differentiate your group from neighbouring groups finishes the process.  Basically this creates a post facto moralized meta-narrative that explains why your group is different, via a fairly singularly explainable moral Group Agent meme.  "We're the group that values freedom".  "We're the tribe that honours ancestors properly".  etc.