Carolina Quotes[T]he second condition... is absolutely much more predictive of immediate troubles to come, and that's intraelite competition which results... when elite numbers increase relative to the general population. As a result... we have too many elite aspirants vying for a limited number of positions... elite overproduction causes... intraelite competition, eventually conflict, and that... in our analysis of about 100... cases of past societies sliding into crisis and then out... That turns out to be the most universal and most important force.
Peter Turchin Connected to the Carolinas
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- Human environment across time (2023)
- year
- 2023
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“[T]he second condition... is absolutely much more predictive…” Peter Turchin. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-63075919C3. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/63075919c3
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