However, away from the tribalism of the conference some do believe the idea has merit.
This isn't proof of any kind that Labour really are kicking tribalism into touch.
So yes, politics has become more bitter and polarised, but the problem isn't American tribalism.
Tackling corruption and tribalism would enable the government to invest in sorely needed economic infrastructure and social amenities.
Tribalism dies hard on Wall Street, and Morgan Stanley's rainmakers treated Mr Purcell with suspicion from the start.
In many parts of Africa tribalism has hijacked democracy because it is the only forum for political organization.
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It was a time of social and political tribalism - bosses v workers, left v right, Labour v Tory.
One is to stamp out warlordism, and the other is to suppress tribalism.
But Kibaki's anti-graft campaign has largely been seen as a failure, and the country still struggles with tribalism and poverty.
They despaired of Iraq's sectarianism and ethnic fragmentation, but those pale in comparison with the tribalism and ethnic complications of Afghanistan.
We're in charge - albeit " without any triumphalism and with no trace of any political tribalism" and we've already got one.
Whatever the case, it ends up turning into a sort of tribalism.
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On Mr Brown's watch, these methods have been reinforced by another Labour trait, sometimes submerged but now predominant: a harsh, myopic party tribalism.
What emerged was, in fact, a victory of neo-tribalism over the bonds of faith and the exploitation of religion for providing legitimacy to the tribe.
To be a real critic of the education system and the trendy reforms of the day, one has to abandon, to whatever degree possible, tribalism.
Political tribalism has played a disgraceful role, with left-of-centre politicians slow to criticise their party comrades in Romania and centre-right Europeans giving Mr Orban and Mr Basescu too easy a ride.
As individualism has grown stronger, political tribalism has weakened.
And the need to constantly harp on every extreme weather event as one more reason for Americans to sacrifice for the public good becomes less of an issue, as does reverse tribalism.
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Kibaki is praised for turning the country into an east African economic powerhouse with an average growth rate of 5 percent, but his anti-graft campaign has been seen as a failure, and the country still struggles with tribalism and poverty.
It is tribalism without a tribe.
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The commission argued that viewing sectarianism as "Protestant-Catholic religious prejudice, political factionalism, or even 'tribalism' " placed it outside the context of well-established international human rights law, specifically the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which came into force back in 1969.
This week it began to pass bills allowing for the creation of a new post of prime minister (to be filled by Mr Odinga), a law to work against tribalism, a panel to investigate the election, another to draft a new constitution, and a truth and justice commission to investigate political crimes, including a history of corruption ever since independence in 1963.
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