Catabolic collapse is often a mechanism of choices we make as a society to cut out parts of the system. In authoritarian regimes, this is accelerated, as the individuals in power to make those choices don't seek the input of society at large.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands | The New Yorker

The Strongman’s Folly: How Authoritarian Ambition Accelerates Civilizational Collapse | Collapse of Industrial Civilization

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