"All those anonymous guys who actually follow things to their logical conclusion and warn of the impending disaster are in it for the status while us 'moderate' people who've parlayed asking the woke to please slow down a touch are generously holding society together"https://twitter.com/EPoe187/status/1370081183544053762 …
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Replying to @CryptonMaximus @CovfefeAnon
I won't say he's completely wrong though, after all isn't that what elite overproduction is all about? Not enough status to give out to all elites, so they compete over it.
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Replying to @CryptonMaximus
A country that has almost no reproduction of women over 100 IQ has elite *over*production? I don't think so. We have *decline*
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon
That's not elite overproduction, elite overproduction is all the people getting college degrees thinking that entitles them to higher status.
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Replying to @CryptonMaximus
That's credential inflation not elite overproduction.
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Im surprised you're not familiar with the termhttps://nationalpost.com/opinion/peter-turchin-how-elite-overproduction-and-lawyer-glut-could-ruin-the-u-s …
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Replying to @CryptonMaximus @CovfefeAnon
CryptonMaximus 🇺🇸 Retweeted Peter Turchin
https://twitter.com/peter_turchin/status/1280240172081262593?lang=en … Of course it's not like the term itself needs to be what it is, it's the idea behind it
CryptonMaximus 🇺🇸 added,
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The confusion is that there's a similar but basically opposite phenomenon and that Turchin is simply wrong that power positions are limited. They multiply and each has veto power resulting in worse and worse governance.
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Thanks for pointing that out though. I'll be aware of the usage of the term from now on.
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