The above blames the people, laying out a scenario where the political system is the victim. But the truth is actually the opposite.
Tribalism is the result of the compounding effect of years of lying, disinformation, silencing, collusion, divisiveness, blatant criminal behavior, and general insanity from political leadership, along with an agenda-driven media, which have worked together to make the population feel less important, less safe, less able to achieve success, less financially stable and generally less free. The resulting disenfranchisement forces people to abandon objectivity and choose a side, which usually falls along the lines of their default political ideology.
People are ultimately responsible for their own actions, so we all share some of the blame. But years of poor and corrupt leadership has built the structure of tribalism brick by brick. And instead of recognizing it for what it is, we gladly moved in.
