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The trend is steadily towards a more inclusive global tribe over all of human history. There aren't many objective signs that this trend is reversing in any non

The trend is steadily towards a more inclusive global tribe over all of human history. There aren't many objective signs that this trend is reversing in any nontrivial way. It wasn't long ago that Europe was constantly engaged in warfare within itself. Compare today with 50 years ago or 150 years ago. We've arguably backslid in some places over a 20 year lookback but those backslides are fairly minor in historical context.

mantas 5y ago
Not so long ago vast majority of Europe was controlled by a single extended family. Now it's gone. Roman empire collapsed. HRE collapsed. Austro-Hungary collapsed. Tsarist Russia + Soviet union collapsed. Ottoman empire collapsed. UK is still slowly collapsing. Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth went separate ways. Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia split. Roman catholic church was pretty close to superstate at it's height.
- Jorengarenar 5y ago
  >Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth went separate ways * Was partitioned by external forces and eradicated from existence for decades.
  - mantas 5y ago
    ... and decided to not re-unite after WW1. Even though some forces did put in a lot of work behind that.