I simplify the conflict as nationalist vs. globalist; liberty vs. tyranny; or symbolically Republican vs. Democrat.  I'm not stupid.  It's just a shorthand simplification, not a diabolical self-inflicted spell.   None of the above are complete descriptions of the actual conflict of ideologies, and even within the broad categories there are conflicts within sub-categories.  The Book of Revelation itself is subject to wide variations in interpretation, and is further confounded by intrinsic linguistic confusion imposed by translations.