Specifically, France's elites are recruited not from the wealthy class, but from those who control the cultural capital. Interesting parallels with the traditional Chinese method of recruiting elites.https://twitter.com/Peter_Turchin/status/972920853351534593 …
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Isn´t the chinese model inspired in some of their old leaders French universities´ education?
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The Chinese model precedes France by thousands of years
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Arguably the Chinese system helps inspire the French system. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/soundingchina/Tsien.html …
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