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One of Fukuyama’s interesting insights is that democracy has always expanded via trickle-down empowerment, not bottom-up revolution… basically elites sorta defecting on other elites by empowering next ring of masses for temporary advantage but then they can’t take it back 🤔
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Why would you conclude that from the relentless increase in centralised authority in advanced economies over the last two centuries?
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How prevalent is this theory of the origins of wokeism as "basically elites sorta defecting on other elites by empowering next ring of masses for temporary advantage"? Has this connection been explored by Fujiyama himself or others citing him? twitter.com/longhandnotes/.
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Gainers from proto-wokisms were elite factions who changed the terms of elite membership by changing the shibboleths. It's like a competing heir changing locks to a disputed property. Some heirs are locked out, but it's yet an old heir handing out new keys.twitter.com/longhandnotes/
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