According to the Bueno de Mesquita and Smith model, we should expect the inner circles of authoritarians to be chosen for loyalty, not competence. https://en.w

According to the Bueno de Mesquita and Smith model, we should expect the inner circles of authoritarians to be chosen for loyalty, not competence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dictator%27s_Handbook#:~:text=or%20highly%20imperfect%20democracies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dictator%27s_Handbook#:~:t... (how closely does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectorate_theory#/media/File:Selectorate_Theory_Euler_Diagram.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectorate_theory#/media/File... map to the model Goldstein presents in "Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism"? Or to Rao's Office politics model: sociopaths, clueless, and losers?)