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Originally posted by Blaupanzer
The "elite" is actually several overlapping groups that interact with one another and lose some of their individual identity over time. Point is that there is not one elite but a group of elites, an oligarchy.
Thomas Jefferson agreed explicity with onodera's point saying we should have an upheaval every 60 years or so. The alternative would be that the same families, institutions, and economic structures would eventually emerge to run everything. In the US, the Civil War fulfilled that function and to a large extent so did the Depression/WW II. We are clearly due another as it has been over 60 years since the last.
Hopefully this can be done with as little violence as possible, but those that benefit from this type of generational power scheme will not leave voluntarily. 
The "elite" is actually several overlapping groups that interact with one another and lose some of their individual identity over time. Point is that there is not one elite but a group of elites, an oligarchy.
Thomas Jefferson agreed explicity with onodera's point saying we should have an upheaval every 60 years or so. The alternative would be that the same families, institutions, and economic structures would eventually emerge to run everything. In the US, the Civil War fulfilled that function and to a large extent so did the Depression/WW II. We are clearly due another as it has been over 60 years since the last.
Hopefully this can be done with as little violence as possible, but those that benefit from this type of generational power scheme will not leave voluntarily.
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