[Superman]

Nothing unites as effectively as a common enemy. Cops hate domestic disturbance calls because they are so dangerous. By the time they get there, the couple has been fighting longer than they wish, and they often unite against the new police threat.

Alas, Shaun may be correct. In order to actually get what it wants, America would need to be so thoroughly united that conscious, well-funded forces with very effective divisiveness infrastructures would be powerless to divide. It looks like those forces may have already won. And their war chests are still growing rapidly.

Those forces placed a bet, some years ago, on the ignorance and gullibility of the American voter. And they appear to have correctly assessed their strategy and opportunity.