Examples of use of social disequilibrium
1. Katrina – everyone refers to the hurricane by her name as if she were some kind of avatar – revealed that there is dire and increasing poverty in the US, that black people are typically treated as unwanted second–class citizens, that the systematic cutting of government investment in public institutions has produced widespread social disequilibrium and destitution (40 million Americans live without any aid if they fall ill), that the so–called war against terrorism is creating administrative chaos, and that within and against all this, voices of protest are being raised loud and clear.