According to Osho, people cling fanatically to groups because the ‘idiot’ layer of mind—our oldest, herd-like inheritance—dominates the gentle voice of intelligence. Belief systems, especially religions, suppress the brain’s nourishing cells for thought, demanding obedience over inquiry. Lacking cultivated intelligence, individuals seek certainty, identity, and safety in collectives, preferring borrowed conclusions to the risk and responsibility of seeing for themselves.
We stick to groups because the louder, lazier part of our mind wants easy beliefs and safety instead of doing the quiet work of thinking for ourselves.