social order
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There are also catastrophic scenarios that fall short of extinction, such as massive cyberattacks that take down power grids or financial systems and lead to a breakdown in the human social order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
It also turns its gaze to those assigned to the lower rungs of the colonial social order - dancing girls, agricultural labourers, barbers and snake charmers.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
At the same time he is seen as loyal to Thailand's traditional social order -- a stance that resonates with many in a still largely conservative society.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
When African Americans migrated west, L.A. was wide open, a physical and spiritual landscape with space to build the social order anew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
Both Hobbes and Wittgenstein, they want to argue, grasped that a form of knowledge implies a form of social order and vice versa.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
