B. (1) Intuitive Explanation through Diagrams

B. The 2nd Law: Law of Organizational Equilibrium

(1) Intuitive Explanation through Diagrams

 

a. Basic concept

The 2nd law of Political Phenomena explains the interaction between internal and external factors that influence changes in the power regime. Its content is as follows:

 

         [Ch.3.201] The power regime is the cooperative relationship among political members, where ㉠ its cohesion force of the relation is determined by the interrelationship among four factors: ㉡ invasion threat, ㉢ security force, ㉣ ideological diversity, and ㉤ armament level.

 

The power regime is a collection of power relations. Political phenomena are the actions of power (relations), and their form is explained by the relative size and intensity of the power that each political actor has over other political actors^[Ch.2.9]. The 2nd law explains the intensity of power. The higher the need for cooperative profit, the greater the intensity of power^[Ch.2.9b]. This is as seen in the preceding [Diag.2.A.8]. In addition, the sum of the intensities of power determines the cohesion force, so the need for cooperative profit determines the cohesion force.

 

By the way, the need for cooperative profit varies depending on the urgency and quantity of the profit, where the urgency of profit refers to changes in the intensity of desires^[Diag.1.가]. The greater the desire for a particular profit, the greater the urgency for that profit. This is reflected in the characteristics of the temporal and spatial influence of Samjae capacities^[Diag.3.A.8] or in the content of Formula 3.1.2, as stated in the 1st law. On the other hand, the size of the expected benefit refers to the magnitude of the return on investment for the cost invested. That is, if there is an opportunity to invest a small cost and obtain a large benefit, the need for cooperative profit increases^[Ch.1.5]. The size of the profit mainly varies depending on the external conditions of power relations.

 

If we apply the changes of power intensity to all the relationships that make up an organization, we can explain the changes in the power regime (R) of the entire political organization (thereby, the political regime). For example, if the cohesion force between a and b did not increase, but the cohesion force between a and c increased, and the cohesion force between b and c decreased, the power relationship (R) of the political organization (g) composed of a, b, and c has changed. Although it may not explain everything about the political organization and power phenomenon, it can explain most of the important parts, as the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

 

However, the survival process is a process of overcoming survival threats, so the urgency of the benefit and the magnitude of the expected benefit are heavily influenced by the conditions outside the power regime where the threat appears. So, what are the factors outside the power regime? To understand this intuitively, let's first consider a simple example of a Peter-Kevin-Ben group.

 

Imagine that these three people feel threatened by a wolf in the mountains or are hungry and lost in the mountains. Even if they were not very helpful to each other in their daily lives, their cooperative relationship (㉠cohesion force) would be strengthened in a crisis (㉡invasion threat) and for the sake of a common interest (㉢security force). However, what if Peter values animal rights, Kevin thinks that animals are just food for humans, and Ben is a cynic? If people have different values (㉣ideological diversity), their cohesion will weaken. On the other hand, let's say they all have guns (㉤armament level) in their bags. In that case, they will be less cohesive in the face of the wolf threat, and Peter's (leader's) power will be less strengthened.

 

This relationship is generalized to all political phenomena of any scale, which is the 2nd law of political phenomena.

 

[Diag.3.B.1] Factors that affect cohesion force and their relationships