> "At either extreme—no rights or complete anarchy—society breaks down." at neither of those extremes does society necessarily break down. in both cases, it si

> "At either extreme—no rights or complete anarchy—society breaks down." at neither of those extremes does society necessarily break down. in both cases, it simply aligns along the new gradients of power. an actual extreme for breaking down society is apocolyse/genocide. with "no rights", we're slaves, and social structures are completely subservient to the whims of the overclass rather than broken down. with "complete anarchy", society reconfigures around "might makes right" (more tribal social ties), as in the romanticized old west rather than mad max. extreme resource constraints, not simply lawlessness, typically define (imagined) dystopias; many are excessively lawful.