Many Americans have the sense that over the last decade, politics has infiltrated previously untouched areas of life, making civil disagreement about and resolution of these controversies particularly elusive. What accounts for the coarsening of American politics? In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos examine three hot political controversies (the Israel-Hamas war, immigration and abortion) and show the tribalism at the root of these political conflicts. They share Ayn Rand’s philosophical analysis of tribalism, and reflect on how it informs ARI’s approach to political analysis.