No association (that I know of). New to the forum and it was the first post that came up :)

Well I guess it is pretty safe to post the first post in a thread that has been dormant for a year. I don't know formats, forgive me if I'm not properly quoting. @bothius says that people need a common goal and mentions war. In the past religion also served that purpose, to socialize around common goals, and now without that common social grounding people are finding other ways to come together - but nothing is really serving that goal (although I fear political extremism seems to be the latest rallying cry to bring people together). There are global issues that someday may "push" us together. I work with refugees for example and trauma can both unite and splinter groups of people.

Humans do need a common social purpose and reasons to act in a group. Joining a group with a purpose is probably the best way to get to know like minded people. As this was a year ago I hope you managed to find your clan. :)