Loss of cultural belief leads to chaos and conflict.

Evidence

We are thus eternally caught between the most diamantine rock and the hardest of places: loss of group-centred belief renders life chaotic, miserable, intolerable; presence of group-centred belief makes conflict with other groups inevitable. … But we are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness, and that is no improvement at all. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 84

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 84
• XREF: connects to: Loss of central authority leads to widespread societal chaos; Societal collapse is characterized by the downfall of government and the rise of violence — Societal collapse; Enlightenment dialogues led to cultural suppression and societal fractures. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1315 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Conflict destructive at one level can integrate the larger group #contradicts (0.78) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 280
• Loss of central authority leads to widespread societal chaos #corroborates (0.75)
• Colonial subjects act out violently to end unbearable psychological tension #expands (0.55) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 553