Dumb people become potential problems when they have nothing to lose. Smart people become potential problems when they have nothing to gain.
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sounds like this could be easily integrated with the Gervais Principle
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I actively try to prevent GP from becoming a clumsy theory of everything, but yes :D
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so it's no surprise that the neither-dumb-nor-smart middle class is under attacks: no one is afraid of these placid losers
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possibly... smart people turn into elites and capture them, dumb people get left behind and want to tear them down as revenge
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Hm, and smart people who have nothing to lose can become extinction events?





