...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 …
"...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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"Competition among the elites occurs on multiple levels." I really don't want to be rude here, but we're splitting hairs now. Aside from the blog have you looked at his models? This is honest-to-God a classic and symptomatic example of immigration effects on elite aspirants.
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I don't see PhD scientists as elite aspirants, under Turchin's definition of elites. They aren't seeking power. I've read secular cycles. I haven't actually read his blog, I was just googling for a quick link.
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