Indeed it is refreshing to have conversations and opportunities to share and chat with people on a deeper level. It's not always possible and can sometimes be tiring but doing that numerous times a week is way beyond what most people are doing these days I think and that's a shame!
Separation of people into tribes and individual groups is indeed like splitting the country into the weakest links. It's easier to cut a thread on a pair of tattered jeans than it is to cut into the meat of it and the powers that shouldn't be are well aware of that.
I get that tribes comment. Of everyone is isolated and fighting with each it’s easier for the powers that control country to do what they want. If we could get over ourselves and actually care about others. That sense of community could fix a lot. However it just seems to be getting worse and people are just getting bitter and depressed.