A Disruption, Why Not a Revolution?

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The rise of christianity and its adaptation by constantine, were replacing a system of thought that was a thousand years old. The same is true the movement towards developing constitutions which look to deriving power from the people. For a really successful disruption, you need a very tightly focused leadership group,. That it works very well together. There has been a loss of faith, a fundamental loss of faith in central institutions.

This conversation takes a deep dive into disruptions. How do things change? The question is critical to the historical study of any era but it is also a profoundly important issue today as western democracies find the fundamental tenets of their implicit social contract facing extreme challenges from forces espousing ideas that once flourished only on the outskirts of society. Not all radical groups are the same, and all the groups that the book explores take advantage of challenges that have already shaken the social order. They take advantage of mistakes that have challenged belief in the competence of existing institutions to be effective. It is the particular combination of an alternative ideological system and a period of community distress that are necessary conditions for radical changes in direction. As Disruption demonstrates, not all radical change follows paths that its original proponents might have predicted.