Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
and it's not selfish, its called national interest, and is quite a common sight among different nations because they have differing aims and differing values to which they attach to those aims.
Hence, it is selfish.

Unity would remove such selfishness so real progress is made for many more people. Instead of people in competition just trying to get a leg over eachother, there would be more co-operation.