Carolina Quotes...[A]s a result ...the new elites, let's call them the elite aspirants... their numbers... begin to be so large that there is not enough power positions in... politics or in economics [e.g., corporations]... That's fixed, and as the numbers of elite aspirants vying for these positions increase, then first... the result... is intraelite competition, and secondly... the numbers of frustrated elite aspirants who are denied access to these positions begins to explode.
Peter Turchin Connected to the Carolinas
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- Human environment across time (2023)
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- 2023
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“...[A]s a result ...the new elites, let's call them the elit…” Peter Turchin. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-C9D32CCD3F. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/c9d32ccd3f
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