The difference between “monsters” and infrahumans is only a matter of degree. And the truly scary part of this dynamic is that it is a regular feature of how we reason about social life. In sum, the dynamics of sociomoral disgust apply to us all, everyday. Sociomoral disgust isn’t limited to cases of homophobia, racism, or genocide. As we noted at the start of the chapter, the social dynamics of sociomoral disgust—scapegoating, exclusion, and violence—emerge on the playground and we never fully escape them. True, the intensity of the social exclusion may vary. And the degree of
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