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The way I understood it, elite overproduction is about successful wealthy people, not enjoying the political influence that they believed they would enjoy after
by orange_tee 6y ago
The way I understood it, elite overproduction is about successful wealthy people, not enjoying the political influence that they believed they would enjoy after attaining their wealth.
- flybrand 6y agoIdle hands among those who have far reach will eventually do things that lead to conflict.
- simonh 6y agoIt’s not really about wealth or political power specifically. It’s about status and power generally. Some of the pseudo-elite may pursue wealth, others social status, others political influence, etc. These are largely fungible though, so the problem is when you overproduce the elite class generally, all of these go into deficit.