Pentagon preparing for mass civil breakdown

[Lauren Johnson]

The DoD have clearly not hear of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It is not rocket science. If people have their basic needs met and the opportunity to develop personally there will be no tipping points or riots. If one small entitled class is not dominating and repressing the majority who miss out there are no tipping points and riots. Equal distribution of the socially produced fruits. If the social structure and its military/police is designed to protect the interests of the entitled minority there will be riots.

Actually, I take an inverse and perverse position. Indeed, they have read Maslow, and many others in various social sciences, which is exactly why they are making plans.

Well, I can see that point too. Unfortunately...

I think that is exactly the point of the article. The Pentagon is using very sophisticated modeling tools USING the social sciences to make projections. Who will do what, when and where? It becomes a force multiplier. A just-in-time allocation of resources as well as planning who, how many to arrest, and the development of manuals for the treatment of detainees, i.e. persons without rights, have to be developed. It's all quite rational.