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Is radical social change possible without radical social disruption or so-called "creative destruction"?

fpinto 4 Mar 17
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No, but getting the changes you want will be nearly impossible afterwards. When you blow apart the current social structure you destroy both the good and the bad parts of society's current configuration. Introducing large amounts of choas into a social structure will eventually lead to a greater demand for order of ANY kind. The greater the choas, the more people will demand structure later. Strong pulls for order will lead to dictatorships as they are the quickest and easiest systems to erect. People at the top of such systems will only want power and will not care about the changes you wanted to make.

Trying to destroy only the corrupted parts is impossible as no individual or group could be wise enough to be able to untangle and remove the cancerous tissue without destroying too much of the acceptable bits. Also people come with their own definitions of what is corrupt. The odds that the party trying to inact the change knows what they're doing in reference to how the whole system can be fixed is nonexistent.

This isn't to say that less radical social change isn't affective.

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Well, I'd like to think such is possible...

Are certain special conditions needed in society or the political system for this to happen? And even then - is the wrecking ball more effective?

@fpinto The "wrecking ball" might be more effective at this point.

@SpikeTalon that's what I fear as well. The result of insularized elites, bureaucratic drift, and so many people passively benefiting from broken institutions and processes.

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