content: Tribalism is a serious issue that's had to balance. On one hand it makes sense to function in smaller groups that can be managed better, I think when groups reach around 10,000 individuals the two extremes of that group causes a divide. In the US we have the Federal government trying to balance out the entire country by making the red states more blue and the blue states more red, would it be better to reduce that power to the city level (letting each city create the community they want) or would that cause it's own can of worms. My biggest beef with tribalism is how easy it makes it to focus on the group instead of the behavior. We'll accept shitty behavior if it's coming from our tribe but will demonize that same behavior coming from other tribes. Take feminism for example, the movement that stood and fought for removing gender bias laws to create equality; is now the main contributer to gender bias laws that dismantle equality.