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The Long Emergency will cause unprecedented social and economic dislocation, and the outcome may be a world we would barely recognize. The egalitarian society we knew in the late twentieth century may become drastically more hierarchical as large numbers of desperate people place themselves in the service of those who control land, especially following a period of anarchy. Under such harsh conditions, the weaker individuals will sell their allegiance in return for security. You can't feed yourself or your family if you are dead. (en) |
