- In the United States, elites overproduce themselves through economic and educational upward mobility
- A person can be part of an ideological elite rather than an economic one.
- Elite jobs do not multiply as fast as elites do.
- You have a situation now where there are many more elites fighting for the same position, and some portion of them will convert to counter-elites
- Elite overproduction creates counter-elites, and counter-elites look for allies among the commoners.
- If commoners’ living standards slip—not relative to the elites, but relative to what they had before—they accept the overtures of the counter-elites and start oiling the axles of their tumbrels.
* it's a summary of main points of the article, if you cared to read it, downvoters
- A person can be part of an ideological elite rather than an economic one.
- Elite jobs do not multiply as fast as elites do.
- You have a situation now where there are many more elites fighting for the same position, and some portion of them will convert to counter-elites
- Elite overproduction creates counter-elites, and counter-elites look for allies among the commoners.
- If commoners’ living standards slip—not relative to the elites, but relative to what they had before—they accept the overtures of the counter-elites and start oiling the axles of their tumbrels.
* it's a summary of main points of the article, if you cared to read it, downvoters