Star Wars perspective: The recent Rogue One movie states that within the system is an encoded ''right'' which is part of the very system and can't be overridden, as hard as many may try. It will always win out and seek balance against the out-of-balance, creating homeostasis.

Hinduism: the snake represents many things, but the god (shiva) controls it and, like the Georgia Stones states, destroys leaving a percentage of people to live in it (hindu destruction is called a mahakranti and the cycle, or period/era of life is called a yuga) Majestic Ape is into the eastern approach (pics on the Neutered Noel and the blog describing the Baba Hill, after Sai BAba and the eastern system.