The problem is we have basically 2 "phenotypes" (gross oversimplification) with radically different risk tolerances, one "tribe" is okay with abstracting away t

The problem is we have basically 2 "phenotypes" (gross oversimplification) with radically different risk tolerances, one "tribe" is okay with abstracting away their security/defense, the other wants granular control over it. So there's 3 agents: 1. Government. Trustworthy, until it isnt. 2. "Union" - Trusts govt. Ok with "gun grabbing" because civians with guns make them feel safe. 3. "Rebels". doesn't trust government. Ok with guns - armed society is polite society. So it's a very unstable dynamic. It's stable at the extreme ends - everybody has guns, or only government has guns - but the transitions are high activation energy states.