No, i don&#x27;t believe the world would burn if the social contract were to break down. It would signal the failure of the current system, which i believe is fundamentally unstable, and would force people to reexamine the question of how to build a society.<p>the social contract is a foundational concept of Liberalism. without it, the current relations of property, state, government, and people are unintelligible. a breakdown of the system is a breakdown means a breakdown of its premises.