[gcr]

Yes, I find folks in other countries are highly collaborative in a way that my own country (USA) often is not.

I think the general sentiment in my country is driven by goal-seeking behavior dominated by individualistic fear, and I see less of that elsewhere. "Political charged"-ness is both a contributor and an outcome.

[fidotron]

> driven by goal-seeking behavior

This is a bad thing now?

[mantas]

Huh? There’s plenty of deeply divided countries. Especially in Africa where many borders were drawn with no respect to ethnic and tribal situation.

[reliabilityguy]

Most of the borders in the Middle East and Asia are drawn without any consideration of the locals

[Jensson]

That is true everywhere though, locals only have a say when they rebel and throw out their overlords. It isn't like the Irish were particularly happy about England pushing them around and so on.

[reliabilityguy]

Still. Afghanistan effectively rebelled, and yet they still use the British-drawn borders as the borders of their state.

[pakthrow]

As a matter of power in the global scope, sure. Locally, it's messier. The British had to concede to local autonomy across the border they drew in what is now north-western Pakistan, and that formal arrangement persisted past partition (and informally persists to this day.) See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_...