...And structural-demographic theory predicts over-educated natives who DON'T get jobs end up as overqualified bums unhappy with a discordant system- requesting more benefits, creating more ideological disfunction, sewing discord.
@Peter_Turchin should be required reading.https://twitter.com/metapotat/status/1088663357316628480 …
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"They include (but are not limited to)..." Turchin's definition is historically constrained, and for good reason, it fits the use of cliodynamics (historical variables which can be measured). You are forgetting the component of *elite aspiration*, causally present in his theory.
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"...elites are simply a small segment of the society who concentrate social power in their hands. They are the power-holders..." http://peterturchin.com/cliodynamica/who-are-the-elites/ … This is not your average PhD scientist. This is not the vast majority of PhD scientists.
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phds are lumpenelites no offense
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