>>There exist problems for which no satisfactory solution has ever been found and for which none appears likely to be discovered. Among these are the relations of human beings to one another on all scales from the personal to the global. Nothing at all in private, public or historical life gives the least support to the naive fantasies of liberals and progressives that it has somehow become possible to transcend what has always been the case.<<

This is wrong. Evolutionary Biology explains man’s relations locally and global using Darwinian selection; nothing exotic is need. It turns out being cooperative within a small clan and fearing “outsiders” is a very successful strategy. Nationalism and religion are only the latest labels we used to define “us and them” as we continue to struggle with tribalism.