>The massive political power of retirees in the US seems like a perfect example. The political system isn't structured around them, they just manage to get the

>The massive political power of retirees in the US seems like a perfect example. The political system isn't structured around them, they just manage to get their way a lot of the time. Political systems tend to center around who has economic power (where to quote Dune "power over a thing is the power to destroy it"). I think this explains the principle he was trying to get across better than he did: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/09/how-coal-brought-us-democracy-and-oil-ended-it-lessons-from-the-new-book-carbon-democracy.html https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/09/how-coal-brought-us-...