When leaders prioritize personal interests over the public good, dialogue collapses and consensus becomes impossible without external mediation. The result is governance that serves elites rather than citizens, undermining trust, stability, and national progress.
For societies of this kind, establishing a workable system of governance is challenging unless they strengthen what unites them (which is substantial) while allowing decentralized management of what divides them.
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When societal problems persist for a long time without solutions, they often lead to what is described as a “rotten” or collapsed society, characterized by weakened social cohesion, increased inequality, and the breakdown of state institutions.
Likewise, rule through coercion or force is not viable, because the fundamental social units are clans of relatively equal strength that cannot dominate or be dominated easily
and the bonds that once held society together weaken — leading to fragmentation, resentment, and making solutions increasingly difficult to achieve.
At present, it is difficult to build a functioning system of governance for Somalis through dialogue and persuasion alone
When crises and instability continue without effective remedies, they can trigger a chain of negative consequences that ultimately destroy the foundations and unity of society.
Trust within the community erodes, the quality and credibility of government institutions decline,
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