Observing toddlers fight over toys has yielded some of my most valuable insights into the nature of statecraft.
That was my oil pipeline and he broke it!
Did not!
Did too!
But he drove his tank on my side!
That’s not your side! That’s my side!
Is not!
All fights between my children stem from resource contention.
The narratives and what can be identity evolve. The brain’s core function to defend identity never does.