Traditional societies and structures can collapse under external pressures

Evidence

Under such conditions the public becomes a mere statistical artifact, public taste a measure of private opinion that has been both cultivated and objectified but not realized in discourse. With that the public sphere goes into eclipse. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 647 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Loss of central authority leads to widespread societal chaos; Traditional social structures and orders can disintegrate over time; European colonization triggered demographic collapse and forced removal that shattered existing Indigenous societies — The Social Consequences of Colonialism (+20 more)

Related

• European colonization triggered demographic collapse and forced removal that shattered existing Indigenous societies #exemplifies (0.90) — The Social Consequences of Colonialism

Broader Connections

• The public sphere collapses when the public becomes a statistical artifact #expands (0.65) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 647
• Political Islam’s rise depended on the collapse of secular nationalism #exemplifies (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 312
• Colonial partition entrenched fragmentation that would later generate friction #exemplifies (0.55)