OK I know this is grinding the world's tiniest axe but the lack of even discussions of heads rolling at the Pentagon right now is another obvious demonstration that "elite overproduction" theory is nonsense and you should substitute "elite underproduction" wherever you see it.
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Replying to @TristanSevers @CovfefeAnon
A society with elite overproduction might be reluctant to allow fellow elites to pay the price for stunning, humiliating failure. Only a few commit sex crimes but they're almost all grossly incompetent.
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Replying to @MacarthurMax @TristanSevers
A society with elite *over*production would be in a cutthroat competition to burn them over any failure so the competing elites could get the newly freed-up positions. It's hilariously wrong We have the exact opposite problem. Fewer competent, intelligent men and more sinecures
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You can infinitely multiple "elite" positions - which is what we've done because they're really priestly positions and priests get status by pushing for more holiness. The problem is that the positions themselves are a parasitic drag.
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