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most senior executives. Many but not all accountants and lawyers. Political staff, police, intelligence services.
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Heck, I was imagining a bigger circle than that. I have a career begging people to make better products so rich people can profit.
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anyway, key point is when 1) retainers start turning on rich; or, 2) too many people from retainer class kicked to underclass
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those people are dangerous. They know how the system works, where the levers are, who the key people are & how to destroy it.
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in the old days (70s, 80s even) a lot of care was taken to give these people sinecures & to do something for hard chargers from below.
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A really competent reformer comes along? Fine, co-opt them, nice house, get em married, let them write a report, do a bit of it.
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oh, and of coiurse, lobbyists. The rich are a very small group.
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see also: http://miniver.blogspot.com/2014/01/bruce-sterling-on-startups-and.html … for the role of techies.
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