Five Stages of Collapse (4)

In his book called The Five Stages of Collapse, Dimitry Orlov suggests that we should not be afraid of anarchy.

In the face of political collapse it is quite reasonable to expect that the good people of almost any nation will cower in their homes and, al themselves to be herded like domesticated animals, because their worst fear is not despotism-it is anarchy. Anarchy! Are you afraid, of anarchy? Or are you more afraid of hierarchy? Colour me strange, but I am much more afraid of being subjected to a chain of command, than of anarchy (which is a lack of hierarchy).

A bit of hierarchy may be temporarily justified while facing down a specific, temporary threat or while an ambitious task that requires a big, coordinated team effort. But once that is over, it's back to anarchy. Few of us enjoy taking orders from the sorts of characters who enjoy ordering people, be they numbnuts who rose through the ranks, or pampered children of privilege, but to realise that there is an alternative we need to overcome our fear of anarchy (125)

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