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Over the past days, we have seen how the world organizes itself through narratives, attractors, emergence, breakdown, and new forms of community.
Today, we will look at a role that often provokes strong reactions:
The disruptors.
The people, movements, and forces that seem to destroy more than they build.
Many experience them as dangerous. Irresponsible. Divisive. Destructive.
And often, they are. But at the same time, they serve a structural function in periods of transition.
When a system becomes too rigid, too self-protective, and too closed, something important happens: internal correction stops working.
Criticism is ignored. Whistleblowers are marginalized. Alternatives are blocked. Power is concentrated.
The system becomes “immunized” against learning.
Then only one path to change remains:
Pressure from outside
Disruption
Breaks
Instability
This is where disruptors emerge.
Necessary Chaos
Disruptors are not primarily “evil people.”
They are symptoms of a system that has lost the ability to adjust itself. When normal channels for renewal are blocked, frustration, anger, and mistrust accumulate. Sooner or later, they find form. Often in figures who:
They create chaos. But the chaos is not random. It emerges where the system is already brittle. History shows this again and again.
When empires stiffen, rebels arise.
When elites close ranks, populists emerge.
When institutions lose legitimacy, radical movements appear.
Not because people “suddenly go mad,” but because lived experience no longer has space. Disruptors push what has been suppressed into the light.
In our time, we see this clearly in politics. Highly polarizing leaders and movements do not arise in a vacuum.
They grow in societies where:
People then lose patience with “normal” politics. They choose what shakes the system – even when it is risky.
This does not mean that disruptors are right. It means they have a function. They break the illusion of stability. They reveal how fragile the system really is. They force questions that would otherwise be pushed aside.
But this is also where the danger lies.
Disruptors are good at tearing down.
They are less often good at building.
They can open space. But they can also destroy structures faster than new ones can grow. That is why such periods are always unstable.
They can lead to renewal.
Or to decay.
Often a bit of both.
The decisive question is not: “Do disruptors exist?”
They always appear in transitional phases.
The question is: Are there, at the same time, people and environments that are building the new?
Cells.
Communities.
New forms of cooperation.
New values.
New ways of living.
If yes, chaos becomes a transition. If not, it becomes a void.
Inner Disruptors
On a deeper level, this also concerns the individual. We all have inner “disruptors.”
Periods when old identities collapse. When we become angry, restless, oppositional. When we want to tear something down within ourselves.
This is not wrong. It is a sign that an inner structure no longer works. But here too, the same applies:
Destruction without new orientation becomes destructive.
Destruction with awareness becomes transformation.
Therefore, it is important to see disruptors without romanticizing them – but also without demonizing them.
They are not heroes.
They are not the solution.
They are catalysts.
They accelerate processes that are already underway.
In our time, we see many such forces at once.
That is why the pace is high. Conflicts are intense. Language is harsh. These are signs that old structures are letting go.
For those who are oriented, this means:
Do not let yourself be swept up by polarization.
Do not let yourself be seduced by anger.
Do not believe that destruction in itself creates something better.
Instead, use the energy to build what can carry.
That is where the future lies.
Next time, we will look at the bigger picture: geopolitics, regions, and how the global balance of power is being reorganized.
Question:
Do you see areas – in society or in yourself – where something first had to be shaken strongly before renewal became possible?
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