British Intelligence Warns “We Are Four Meals Away” From Anarchy!!
Maybe we should heed MI5’s “warning” about the fragility of our world and the anarchical scenarios that many nations, including the United Kingdom, have faced in recent months.
The British Intelligence Agency, MI5, once warned policymakers that the United Kingdom was “just four meals away from anarchy”. Made in the context of anticipating societal disorder and unrest in case of a Black Swan event (low probability, yet, high impact), this cautionary warning is indeed applicable to every country, worldwide. In essence, nations can collapse if the citizenry goes without food for more than two days. As we watch our neighbourhood where entire countries are either on the brink of collapse or heading towards one, I wonder if the Srilankan Crisis can happen in India and how prepared are we to stave off potential unrest and breakdown of the social contract.
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has many causes. Right from the heavy indebtedness to China, to the fall in tourism revenues due to the pandemic, the ill-advised move to shift to wholesale organic farming, without much Due Diligence, and above all, a plundering elite that left nothing untouched in their greed and avarice. Indeed, one can say that…
