<span>Co operation within early civilisations likely led to a sharing of resources and therefore an equal abundance of resources for each group. It could also possibly have prevented conflict; if the groups all shared resources, during times of scarcity everyone would have to use less rather than some groups having less and attacking others to get resources.</span>
George Washington had warned the American people against “the insidious wiles of foreign influence.” President Monroe, writes Arnold Whitridge, further developed “the thesis of non-entanglement.