We seem to need some time to react, time to grow some thicker skin lest we’re overly vulnerable and allow ourselves to be goaded into making big mistakes, such

We seem to need some time to react, time to grow some thicker skin lest we’re overly vulnerable and allow ourselves to be goaded into making big mistakes, such as accidentally empowering authoritarian regimes, which tend to be very capable when it comes to using communications systems for propaganda purposes. Or, perhaps the move towards authoritarian regimes is, itself, a reaction to that sense of vulnerability. I have read that during times of crisis in tribal cultures, the men in charge close ranks and get a lot more controlling generally. I think that bit came from some psychology class I had. In other words, if this feels out of control, some people will react by wanting to be controlling. That can go bad places.