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>THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY
that's not the key.
let's compare with a historical precedent: the fall of the soviet union.
>THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY
that's not the key.
let's compare with a historical precedent: the fall of the soviet union.
https://twitter.com/planefag/status/1346250153729142784
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the fall of the soviet union - theories abound:
- it was bankrupted by Star Wars
- it became too corrupt & incompetent to go on
- the people woke up and threw off the yoke of tyranny
bollocks.
it was the elites.
the fall of the soviet union - theories abound:
- it was bankrupted by Star Wars
- it became too corrupt & incompetent to go on
- the people woke up and threw off the yoke of tyranny
bollocks.
it was the elites.
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early on in the soviet revolution they killed off nearly all of the elites - art, academia, military, science, management.
excepted were only the high-IQ, middle class "elites" at the extreme top of the bolshevik faction.
other than that, the USSR was bereft of the elites.
early on in the soviet revolution they killed off nearly all of the elites - art, academia, military, science, management.
excepted were only the high-IQ, middle class "elites" at the extreme top of the bolshevik faction.
other than that, the USSR was bereft of the elites.
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even as the USSR was held by iron grip of the communism, slowly, ever so slowly, the elites started growing back up.
in universities, in large industries & organizations, in literature and culture - the elite thought percolated, and the camaraderie accreted.
even as the USSR was held by iron grip of the communism, slowly, ever so slowly, the elites started growing back up.
in universities, in large industries & organizations, in literature and culture - the elite thought percolated, and the camaraderie accreted.
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Boris, the bumbling figurehead propped up by - well not by the people, not by historical inevitability.
propped up by the elite. and the forces *around him* accreted, again, through unofficial channels - by the elites.
Boris, the bumbling figurehead propped up by - well not by the people, not by historical inevitability.
propped up by the elite. and the forces *around him* accreted, again, through unofficial channels - by the elites.
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what of USA?
it's a bit different: the elites are still there, just carefully siloed off from the society.
the people are ready to go, they need leaders to *go places*.
you've seen how much was done when *a* leader showed up. think about it. think hard. go places.
what of USA?
it's a bit different: the elites are still there, just carefully siloed off from the society.
the people are ready to go, they need leaders to *go places*.
you've seen how much was done when *a* leader showed up. think about it. think hard. go places.
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