Normalize using the term “oriental despotism” to describe the goals of our ruling class
The use of the “racist” smear to shoot down this term is itself a component of oriental despotism
Apparently there is a book on this subject, written by a Frankfurt School author, which describes “Oriental Despotism” as a top-down totalitarian system of bureaucratic control that contrasts with the Western system of decentralized power & competing interest groups. 
It’s clear that the “multicultural” project will require such a totalitarian bureaucracy.
In order to manage a large multicultural empire, the ruling class will rely on BigTech to administrate the state & command its resources.
In order to manage a large multicultural empire, the ruling class will rely on BigTech to administrate the state & command its resources.
Societies that rely on central irrigation projects (not rainfall) are prone to becoming dependent on a despotic rent-seeking elite that controls the flow of water.
Oregon farmers are currently protesting this process. The press calls them "antigovernment right wing militias".
Oregon farmers are currently protesting this process. The press calls them "antigovernment right wing militias".
The villanization of “militias” is at heart a villanization of decentralized power.
Feds gleefully subvert militias to protect their top-down monopoly on power. Local police are defunded for the same reason.
Centralized power means fewer nodes to control.
Feds gleefully subvert militias to protect their top-down monopoly on power. Local police are defunded for the same reason.
Centralized power means fewer nodes to control.
+Elites use monopoly power to extract rents from peasants
+Results in unequal distribution of income & power
+Elites use resource monopoly to set up institutions which entrench their power
+These institutions further prevent popular participation in politics
+Results in unequal distribution of income & power
+Elites use resource monopoly to set up institutions which entrench their power
+These institutions further prevent popular participation in politics
We live in an info economy, and BigTech monopolies are info plumbing systems.
Your business depends on Google/Facebook. Apple takes a 30% commission on apps.
These monopolies & the elite have entered into a power-sharing arrangement — "Repress populism, keep your monopolies".
Your business depends on Google/Facebook. Apple takes a 30% commission on apps.
These monopolies & the elite have entered into a power-sharing arrangement — "Repress populism, keep your monopolies".
“The elite will try to keep their power whatever its costs. They will set up institutions that protect them... they will try... to get a grip on new industries”
“When there’s no middle class, the elite face less opposition to the institutions they set up”
“When there’s no middle class, the elite face less opposition to the institutions they set up”
COVID lockdowns = dekulakization
The elite wants to destroy the independent middle class and "build back better" with new institutions that can better preserve their despotic power.
The biggest threat to the oligarchy is the populist right.
The elite wants to destroy the independent middle class and "build back better" with new institutions that can better preserve their despotic power.
The biggest threat to the oligarchy is the populist right.
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