'The Multiscale Law of Requisite Variety' may be my new favourite piece of science terminology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(cybernetics)#Law_of_R...

Would also make a good band name.

>in general, any system without structure above a certain scale is unable to withstand structure arising above that scale

The political implications of this are interesting, in this paper they look at anarchic systems ceding to structure, but it also helps illuminate some of the inherent difficulties in current events such as brexit.