Same thing happened to ancient Rome … wealthy people started controlling everything including the army and kept making more money for themselves at the expense of everyone … at one point there was so much lawlessness that the military and army realized that they could just kill / overthrow the emperor to get what they wanted … eventually the position of leader became meaningless as everyone started to just fight and kill for what they wanted.
Real talk for hope: the more complicated institutions fall first. That’s bad news for people depending on the coast guard, but good news for people who are attacked by the now paper dragon
Same thing happened to ancient Rome … wealthy people started controlling everything including the army and kept making more money for themselves at the expense of everyone … at one point there was so much lawlessness that the military and army realized that they could just kill / overthrow the emperor to get what they wanted … eventually the position of leader became meaningless as everyone started to just fight and kill for what they wanted.
We get to see this play out again, except theres nuclear armaments this time.
Real talk for hope: the more complicated institutions fall first. That’s bad news for people depending on the coast guard, but good news for people who are attacked by the now paper dragon