Are you aware that during our last knock-down/drag-out argument, I was essentially expressing many of the same ideas as you've just done, except I was using the language of group psychodynamics to do it?
I suspect we are probably violently agreeing, as much as we violently disagree.
And while I know you have no time for all that Group Psych nonsense, I make no apologies for the fact that I'm currently steeped in it and believe it provides a vital perspective on the world. But if you cut through the jargon, you'll probably find that we're at least in the same book -- even if not on quite the same page.