Why Crisis Can Become an Opportunity for Power

Disasters create genuine need, but urgency can also concentrate authority, redirect wealth and reduce scrutiny.

Saied examines how wars, pandemics, economic collapses and natural catastrophes can produce new contracts, surveillance powers and political narratives. The issue is not whether governments should respond; it is whether necessity becomes a shield against accountability.

For readers interested in government accountability, disaster politics, civil liberties and public policy, Governments Love Disasters: Open Season offers an inviting entry point into its subject. It is written to spark curiosity, conversation and a desire to see the familiar from a different angle.