#2 is a very important principle that spreads across all kinds of areas and domains. The top of the pyramid almost by definition tends to monopolize domain-spec

#2 is a very important principle that spreads across all kinds of areas and domains. The top of the pyramid almost by definition tends to monopolize domain-specific talent, therefore the only revolutions that ever work are those that convince the elite rather than those that purge them. Luckily elites are just human beings, not shape-shifting reptiles from space, and can be convinced with rational arguments and/or human empathy in the same way and to the same extent anyone else can.