Oh great comment, and thanks for reading through the article, I know that most people haven't got through the entire thing haha.
As far as Hegel's "the other" goes, "the other" would absolutely also apply to neighbors. So pretty much every relationship in our lives, we are going through that "master/slave" cycle in his theory.
But just like individuals go through this process and then eventually mature and evolve in their self-identity and social presence, so do societies of people and nations.
But social/political evolution of self happens a lot more slowly and violently.
I love your observation of other movie trends and how they relate to world events!
You should write a blog post about one of those topics!
(kinda makes me want to do a disaster painting now lol)