Most of those internal threats are being instigated by external forces if you actually look into it.

And typically nationalist rhetoric and authoritarianism go hand in hand.

Arguably it’d be far more productive to recognize one’s tribal group as humanity at large rather than artificial divides around where you work, what you look like, who you love, or where you live.

So while we can discuss national governments as distinct entities much like we’d discuss corporations, the people making both up are probably better discussed as people rather than any given subgroup.