Tribalism Returns

Except for a few rare instances in remote areas of the world, tribalism had been abandoned as a way of life for decades, if not centuries. Tribal consciousness and a strong ingroup loyalty comprised of limited families within tiny cultural communities had all but disappeared as cities and states ascended upon the world and created hierarchies and power structures governed by elected or self-appointed leaders. Cooperation among all within the tribe gave way to organizational charts and formed family dynasties that lasted for generations. By the twentieth century, the world's 'super powers' dominated global economies and affected societies on an international scale.
Now, in less time than it took to flick your finger, those pockets of power were gone. There was no President of the United States; no Prime Minister of Canada; no Royal Highness of England. Immense wealth and power had disappeared from the Earth. Conversely, there were also no more slaves, no indentured servants, no minimum-wage workers. People seemed - for lack of any better word - equal.
Had there been anyone there to observe these changes, uncanny comparisons might have been made from one split second to another. Although different people had unique skin colors, 'spoke' different languages, and observed cultural distinctions, no one seemed to notice. It was as if all human Earthlings had been blended into some sort of homogenized, pasteurized 'milk' of human kindness, goodness, and tolerance. An 'outsider' would notice other things that strangely separated this 'new' world from the world that was just a nonosecond ago: no one 'spoke' - all 'communication' was being projected telepathically, through sensory channels without verbalizing. No one appeared to be distressed, angry, upset or enraged. A noticeable - and, to anyone that may have survived from an instant ago, eerie -calmness blanketed the Earth.
With the pockets of power now dead and gone, the world was returned to tribalism. Where man cared for man, shared his bounty and honored nature.