She would have called this a lucky break, but the truth was that most such schemes fall apart from the inside. If your entire worldview is “Don’t tread on me,” what’s going to happen when a leader tries to impose rules? You’d think they’d learn to put their differences aside for the cause, but that’s hard to do when you’ve been raised to believe there’s no such thing as a minor disagreement. If you think that, say, a cashier failing to wish you a Merry Christmas is a sign of impending Christian genocide, you’re probably not the type to hash out differences over brunch.
