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Swiss philosopher Eric Werner wrote a book on this issue in the 1990s: The Pre-Civil War. His thesis is as follows: those in power encourage disorder, even subsidize it. This justifies their existence, which is largely parasitic, and allows them to extend their control over the population. In this scheme, the delinquent/rioter/illegal immigrant/rapist/killer is not an enemy of law and order but an effective auxiliary of power, contributing to its permanent reinforcement at the request of the population (the victims...). The resulting unstable balance is dangerous (for those in power, who must always know how far they can go too far...), but the method works reasonably well throughout the Western Bloc. At present, Starmer's Britain is a caricature of this dynamic. Macron's France is trying to follow suit...