The ugly truth is that human society is not crisis stable. As in, if there is not a constant economic surplus, society falls apart into little "wartribes" ready

The ugly truth is that human society is not crisis stable. As in, if there is not a constant economic surplus, society falls apart into little "wartribes" ready to go at each others throat- or one huge wartribe ready to got at a external others throat. Populism, is just the first democratic expression of this falling apart. So embrace eternal surplus providing, embrace ritualistic slaughter, embrace ritualistic civil war or try to hack human nature.