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This may be a stored rant, but while I believe that describing tribalism as the single point of moral failure is excellent, I want to be clear about the right name for tribalism in our era-- it's nationalism.
Afaik, about 50 million died in Hitler's War.
Nationalism is one particularly common and obvious form of tribalism, but there are plenty of others. People also sometimes do evil things out of loyalty to political parties, religions, corporations, gangs, even sports teams. Pretty much any organization with a hierarchical structure can cause problems if someone untrustworth ends up at the top.
You don't need hierarchies or anybody at the top - group psychology is enough. Think hooligans, lynch mobs ...