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A buffer class of courtiers. If you got rid of every powerful dictatorial elite with one magical bolt of lightning, the upper-middle class would have new ones c
by pessimizer 1y ago
A buffer class of courtiers. If you got rid of every powerful dictatorial elite with one magical bolt of lightning, the upper-middle class would have new ones chosen by the end of the day.
- kelseyfrog 1y agoYes, this is a trivial consequence of social reproduction theory. It's one of the reasons why change is so difficult. Changing one portion of society creates an impedance mismatch between it and the rest. The changed part eventually gets realigned to the whole once again.