I know what you are saying, but consider for a second that the shit we are experiencing today ultimately stems from tribalism. Tribalism existed full well in hunter gatherer societies. In some ways better (no nukes). In other ways, far, far more brutal.
They excluded religious items that didn’t shove oppressive symbolism in people’s faces. Get your facts straight.
Canada-U.S. relation
This is such a disengenuous way of saying “Trump’s attempts at trying to destroy a perfectly healthy and functioning relationship”. The rest of us Canadians and Americans continue to have good relations.
They want maximum trade barriers going in and minimal trade barriers going out.
It’s just straight up bullying. Always has been.
This is what happens when people who, at a primal level, think the world is a zero sum game. Who never learned how cooperation results in bigger rewards.