End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
We like to think of revolutions as being carried out by downtrodden factory workers and farmers, and in some cases that’s true. But frustrated and underemployed elites are uniquely well-positioned to disrupt society. They have the talent, the connections, and the time to organize radical movements and promulgate radical ideas.
Noah Smith • The Elite Overproduction Hypothesis
The ideology of frugality, the interests of factory owners, and the availability of surplus labor via immigration inevitably suppressed wages. With wages stagnant and production increasing, the system went out of balance and finally, in 1929, went into a deep crisis.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Ces quelques réflexions nous paraissent suffisantes pour caractériser l’état social du monde contemporain, et pour montrer en même temps que, dans ce domaine aussi bien que dans tous les autres, il ne peut y avoir qu’un seul moyen de sortir du chaos : la restauration de l’intellectualité et, par suite, la reconstitution d’une élite, qui, actuelleme
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