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An Introduction to Tribalism for the Modern World That Has Forgotten It
The Western world lives under the rule of law and holds sacred the institutions that enforce them.
For instance, a powerful clan demanding tribute from weaker villages isn't seen as committing extortion; it is establishing the price of stability and reinforcing the regional order. However, if these institutions compromise their integrity—if elections can be rigged, if courts can be manipulated, and if laws can be selectively enforced—then the trust that holds modern society together would topple. Thus, the institutions that enforce our laws are not impenetrable fortresses; they are battlegrounds beseiged by tribes, and defended by modern society’s desperate sense of self preservation.
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