SIMPLE LOGIC OF WHY EMPIRES VS FEDERATIONS When you can’t trust each other, you

SIMPLE LOGIC OF WHY EMPIRES VS FEDERATIONS
When you can’t trust each other, you consider the state the nation. When you can trust each other, you consider the people the nation. This is the difference between Russia, China, the Middle East versus the West. First, they are empires, not nations. Second, They are low-trust societies. So, their diversity creates low trust, and their low trust generates demand for authority which then justifies itself. And, the enemy has been undermining our trust from inside us for over a century by claiming oppression rather than domestication and the rule of law so that we can trust one another despite our inequality.