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Well, that's because slow collapse is what is happening. And you are not allowed to point it out. There's too many overproduced elites, and if you are not will

Well, that's because slow collapse is what is happening. And you are not allowed to point it out. There's too many overproduced elites, and if you are not willing to play ball, there's 80 guys willing to "denounce" you and take your job. [1] https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/11/crises-of-elite-competition-in-the-east-and-west/ https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/11/crises-of-elite-c...

afpx 5y ago
Was that essay generated by GPT-3?
- Ambolia 5y ago
  What meaningless sentence did you find?
  - afpx 5y ago
    They define "wokeness" with a definition that GTP-3 would come up with: ">“Wokeness,” for the purposes of this essay, refers in broad strokes to a cultural, social, and ideological movement in the West that challenges previously accepted cultural narratives (the very narratives that prior eras of relatively stable political consensus relied on), and increasingly determines outcomes in primarily elite institutions. Surviving the academy, getting a job in journalism or a major tech company, filling out a grant form: these are just some of the activities that increasingly require one to be adept at navigating (and by necessity, parroting) the cultural mores of a new social faith." I edited this because I couldn't reply. FYI My point is, how can you critically read an article when the terms are vague?
    - josephcsible 5y ago
      What are you talking about? > “Wokeness,” for the purposes of this essay, refers in broad strokes to a cultural, social, and ideological movement in the West that challenges previously accepted cultural narratives (the very narratives that prior eras of relatively stable political consensus relied on), and increasingly determines outcomes in primarily elite institutions.
    - Ambolia 5y ago
      They did define for the role it plays in the essay? >“Wokeness,” for the purposes of this essay, refers in broad strokes to a cultural, social, and ideological movement in the West that challenges previously accepted cultural narratives (the very narratives that prior eras of relatively stable political consensus relied on), and increasingly determines outcomes in primarily elite institutions. Surviving the academy, getting a job in journalism or a major tech company, filling out a grant form: these are just some of the activities that increasingly require one to be adept at navigating (and by necessity, parroting) the cultural mores of a new social faith. And furthermore, they explicitly say that "wokeness" is irrelevant and the problems come from somewhere else: >Explanatory models referencing some pathology native to Western ideology or a dismal “Faustian spirit” cannot explain what is happening in East Asia today. Understanding the increasingly acute problems facing young people there, at first glance so different from our own concerns, can ultimately offer a clearer view of what has gone wrong in the West.
    - Epiphany21 5y ago
      People are allowed to have differing opinions and styles of writing. Please stop calling everyone you disagree with a bot. It helps no one and dumbs down the public discourse.
zozbot234 5y ago
Traditionally, "elite overproduction" would've been viewed as an engine of social mobility: I don't think that it alone can explain social 'collapse'. The ideological superstructure matters, too; and "woke" ideology as described in the article seems like one main factor that would ultimately impede the desirable circulation of elites.

afpx 5y ago

Was that essay generated by GPT-3?

Ambolia 5y ago
What meaningless sentence did you find?
- afpx 5y ago
  They define "wokeness" with a definition that GTP-3 would come up with: ">“Wokeness,” for the purposes of this essay, refers in broad strokes to a cultural, social, and ideological movement in the West that challenges previously accepted cultural narratives (the very narratives that prior eras of relatively stable political consensus relied on), and increasingly determines outcomes in primarily elite institutions. Surviving the academy, getting a job in journalism or a major tech company, filling out a grant form: these are just some of the activities that increasingly require one to be adept at navigating (and by necessity, parroting) the cultural mores of a new social faith." I edited this because I couldn't reply. FYI My point is, how can you critically read an article when the terms are vague?
  - josephcsible 5y ago
    What are you talking about? > “Wokeness,” for the purposes of this essay, refers in broad strokes to a cultural, social, and ideological movement in the West that challenges previously accepted cultural narratives (the very narratives that prior eras of relatively stable political consensus relied on), and increasingly determines outcomes in primarily elite institutions.
  - Ambolia 5y ago
    They did define for the role it plays in the essay? >“Wokeness,” for the purposes of this essay, refers in broad strokes to a cultural, social, and ideological movement in the West that challenges previously accepted cultural narratives (the very narratives that prior eras of relatively stable political consensus relied on), and increasingly determines outcomes in primarily elite institutions. Surviving the academy, getting a job in journalism or a major tech company, filling out a grant form: these are just some of the activities that increasingly require one to be adept at navigating (and by necessity, parroting) the cultural mores of a new social faith. And furthermore, they explicitly say that "wokeness" is irrelevant and the problems come from somewhere else: >Explanatory models referencing some pathology native to Western ideology or a dismal “Faustian spirit” cannot explain what is happening in East Asia today. Understanding the increasingly acute problems facing young people there, at first glance so different from our own concerns, can ultimately offer a clearer view of what has gone wrong in the West.
  - Epiphany21 5y ago
    People are allowed to have differing opinions and styles of writing. Please stop calling everyone you disagree with a bot. It helps no one and dumbs down the public discourse.

zozbot234 5y ago

Traditionally, "elite overproduction" would've been viewed as an engine of social mobility: I don't think that it alone can explain social 'collapse'. The ideological superstructure matters, too; and "woke" ideology as described in the article seems like one main factor that would ultimately impede the desirable circulation of elites.