Can it affect society?
There’s a documentary called ‘The Biggest Little Farm’. In it, every move they make to solve a problem creates a new, different problem.
Beautiful fruit-trees attract snails, so they get the ducks to eat them. However, gorging on snails, the duck’s nutrient-dense excrement now helps the algae in the lake to grow too fast… an unintended consequence.
Nature races to achieve balance, but our intervention creates havoc with the status quo. Why am I telling you this?
Newton’s third law dictates “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Do you ever think about how this can apply to society too?
What unintended or ‘opposite’ reactions occur when action is taken? Is it always for the best?
Government stimulus money creates inflation and further corruption.
Political movements create fierce and violent opposition.
Dethroning dictators creates a power vacuum, or worse, another war.
Often, first moves are reactionary opposition to the way things are and the response it spawns is never balanced. Unfortunately, most political views orbit around two parties on opposite sides, never centred.
There’s a perpetual imbalance affecting society. A race to achieve an equilibrium that the system isn’t set-up to achieve.