Taking your tribal perspective, my view of the current tribes involved is a perspective more akin to an imagined contest between the Goths vs the Platonic Greeks. Only this time we've givimg control of terrifying mad-murder weapons, the Supreme Court.  Press control, and in-country police power to the Goths.  Everyone else seems to be perceived by the Tsar and his Court as their mortal enemy,  or as sheep to be lead to slaughter.