Micro nationalism

Just as the tribes in the Middle East and the American plains were constantly at war so is the country today with the various groups in the US. While nationalism generally refers to a given nation, for example Germans living in Germany and French living in France, it can be applied on a micro level to different groups in the United States. Skin color, various genders, income and geography are used to create groups that can be encouraged to be antagonistic toward one another. This distrust between groups can be manipulated by those in power to maintain power. As these groups express their animosity it results in Anti Americanism and concentrates on all that is wrong in the country. Accusations against the rich, the white, the elite and the educated abound and lead to further division. Striving for equal opportunity is no longer enough. The new goal is equal results or as it is called today, equity.