"Aspirational elites face a gap between how the system is supposed to work and the difficulty of translating their credentials to a career...The frustrated take to social media to denounce someone who shows that their entire theory of success is wrong"https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/16/taiping-rebellion-addison-rae-meritocracy-exams-rebellion/ …
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Replying to @robkhenderson
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@CovfefeAnon Going back to this old argument of ours on the truth of elite overproduction. Jim has actually been discussing this quite a bit lately on his blog due to this disgruntled academic named "Anonymous Fake" coming into threadshttps://twitter.com/bespokecommie/status/1370282599185326082 …Sitting_on_my_Own added,
Sitting_on_my_Own @bespokecommieReplying to @CovfefeAnon @CryptonMaximusNaw, you're just not getting Turchin then. People who didn't get the careers and status they thought their education or credentials would give them are a gigantic threat to any society. Hell hath no fury like an elite denied what they think is their right.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Not sure if you can actually read the article, it surprisingly was not paywalled for me.
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Only the first paragraph. Yes, as the parasitic economy rapidly expands at the expense of the productive economy the people who miss out on getting into it will be bitter - but there sure aren't fewer of them. Oh, and they're likely lying about SAT scores and such.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @robkhenderson
Chinese mandarins (at least the ones who did not use corrupt connections) weren't lying about their competence even as they got fucked over, don't know why it should be assumed that plenty of shitlibs aren't smart.
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They're looking for careers in journalism - of course they lie (and if they don't then they're not qualified anyway)
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