tribal war

tribal war failure of imagination and threat misdiagnosis failure to acknowledge tribalism as a primary societal driver is a pure luxury belief that can be reasonably held only in extremely high-trust societies arranged around "golden rule" ethoses. in most cultures, especially low trust cultures, tribe and family structure are always paramount. the purpose of government is not to protect rights or individuals; it's to codify which tribe gets to plunder and dominate the other tribes. this will be done with ostentatious and unapologetic violence because dominant tribes want to be seen doing it and see it as nothing to apologize for. in such a worldview, it’s how you impose order. these groups do not want to be like you and adopt your ways. they see them as weak and cowardly and as an invitation to take what they want. meet is qalinle ibrahim dirie, a 42 year old somali immigrant who has been in the US for 18 years. in july of 2024, he was charged with raping a 12 year old minneapolis girl …