They seem to be economists too [1] and it seems like he's deferring to them. I haven't read their work but the way Cory presented it makes it sound like it's ju

They seem to be economists too [1] and it seems like he's deferring to them. I haven't read their work but the way Cory presented it makes it sound like it's just basic Machiavellian realism[2] applied to economics and if that's all it is then I'm all in. Is there something specific you didn't like or just that the theory isn't presently popular among economists? What's your alternative story of what happened here? I'm not sure how intellectual property and patent litigation would conflict with what he's saying. 1. https://capitalaspower.com/about/ https://capitalaspower.com/about/ 2. https://iep.utm.edu/polreal/ https://iep.utm.edu/polreal/