Thus The New York Times today. “Many people in northern Nigeria, frustrated by a five-year insurgency, are ordering what passes for bulletproof clothing, buying homemade muskets, and organizing ragtag militias,” explains the newspaper. What else would you expect from frustrated people? Governments around the globe will keep failing in their protection of ordinary citizens, who will organize themselves accordingly. Ragtag militias will become ever more common, and not only in Africa. Their weaponry will be all over the place, but they will quickly learn how best to protect themselves with whatever is at hand. And this is the only way forward in the growing mess. Governments are best forgotten under the circumstances. At their best, they will use the police and the army at their disposal to protect themselves. But not for long, it goes without saying. In the meanwhile, the frustrated people will learn how to live without government and its stooges. The new feudalism will take a while to establish roots once again, but it is sure to come along soon enough.