“Many people believe that in the event of social breakdown the government will ensure their survival. This is highly improbable. In the event of a breakdown, the government would likely declare a state of emergency in an attempt to prevent total chaos. A review of actions taken by governments facing social collapse over the last few decades shows that their primary concern is preserving existing institutions and power structure, even when these are a chief contributing factor to the problem.

Many people throughout history have wondered why politicians don’t act on the people’s behalf. The reason is clear when one understands that, even in modern democracies, leaders are not elected to improve the lives of average people, but to maintain the preferential positions of those in the established order.”