In a Democracy elites are both born and created through education and wealth accumulation. There's essentially more ways to become elite in Democracy, but if there's too many elites then they have to compete with each other over who has power.
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Replying to @CryptonMaximus
Nah, the problem isn't that they're competing for limited slots - his model there is just plain wrong - formal power (100 Senators) isn't the only kind and isn't even the most important kind. The problem is that more of them really are getting power and a larger elite is worse.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon
He doesn't limit it to just politicians, though I think Peter Turchin isn't a Neoreactionary, I think his views can be integrated into NRX more than a replacement. While NRX explains that woke is essentially a religion, this elite overproduction explains the process thatpic.twitter.com/zcmEbIeGRy
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Replying to @CryptonMaximus @CovfefeAnon
Well ya this should be rather obvious,
@CovfefeAnon should stop acting as if this has to do only with modern leftism and liberal democracy. It happened in Imperial China all the time.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @bespokecommie @CryptonMaximus
The essential feature of leftism is that it's an alliance for coordination in group power seeking It has a few rules that allow this coordination the most important of which is "in a dispute, always defer to the more leftist". This strategy can certainly exist in other contexts
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @CryptonMaximus
Yes, but I'm arguing against your statement that they "aren't competing for limited slots." No, that's a very real thing that is part of the problem. There were too many people taking civil service exams in Imperial China and there are too many in college today.
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Replying to @bespokecommie @CryptonMaximus
Turchin is blinkered when he says things like "there are only 535 congressional offices and state legislators hope to rise to them". There are unlimited slots on the 900 person zoom call. The result isn't competition for fixed slots, it's destructive expansion of slots.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @CryptonMaximus
My brother complains about how many useless administrative positions pop up at his college. Part of this is due to leftist spiraling (need overwatch, ideological orthodoxy, and inefficiency in the workplace)....
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But it's also a feedback loop due to again, too many people being encouraged to strive. If everyone is told college is their ticket to an office job, sooner or later the market gets constrained, depressed, and made up sinecure positions start appearing to fill the void.
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Replying to @bespokecommie @CryptonMaximus
There's no natural force that wants to create sinecures because people want them - you need to apply power to people who are productive to get them to agree to skim some off for your confederates. It's the outcome of conflict, not a market adaptation.
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Market adaptations are plenty happy to provide paid services if people are willing to pay and those do spring up in response to demand.
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