The standard scenario assumes that individuals can win against large, well resourced militaries, this has been true at various times in the past, but is not true today.
Individuals like Julian Assange or Snowden manage to hit sizable blows against nation states.
In Flint, MI, institutional collapse was followed by a loss of control of infrastructure, which lead(pun intended) to a collapse of control systems, and the resultant toxic pollution will destroy the population resident there without external intervention.
That’s not a good description of the system. Flint made a bad decision that resulted in increased lead in the water but the the amount of children with elevated levels of lead was still lower than it was a decade ago.
They certainly swung. I’m not certain that they successfully imposed their will on the activities of the nation states they attacked. Neither of them are comparable to Alaric, one is comparable to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Délicieux who despite making a big scene, had no immediate or meaningful impact on the institution he rebelled against.
Do you have a better, easier example of what I’ve described, or do you disagree with the broad statement in addition to the specific example of Flint?
Individuals like Julian Assange or Snowden manage to hit sizable blows against nation states.
That’s not a good description of the system. Flint made a bad decision that resulted in increased lead in the water but the the amount of children with elevated levels of lead was still lower than it was a decade ago.
They certainly swung. I’m not certain that they successfully imposed their will on the activities of the nation states they attacked. Neither of them are comparable to Alaric, one is comparable to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Délicieux who despite making a big scene, had no immediate or meaningful impact on the institution he rebelled against.
Do you have a better, easier example of what I’ve described, or do you disagree with the broad statement in addition to the specific example of Flint?