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Category Archives: Elites
Pluralism as the Technology of Elite Rule
Elites cannot rule a united people. They can only rule a fragmented one. This is not a cynical observation about elite intentions. It is a structural description of how minority rule sustains itself in a formally democratic system. A genuinely … Continue reading
“Threats to Democracy”: Elite Rhetoric as Fragmentation Defense
When the American expert class warns that democracy is under threat, it is worth asking precisely which democracy it is defending. The answer, examined carefully, is not the democracy of popular sovereignty, the idea that the people govern themselves through … Continue reading
One War, Three Realities: How Expert Coalitions Build the World They Need
The Iraq War did not fail because the intelligence was wrong, though some of it was. It failed because the system that processes intelligence was designed to produce a specific output, and it produced that output faithfully. The people who … Continue reading
The Cosmic Stakes of the Revolt of the Public
When historians look back at the American elite’s reaction to Donald Trump, the feature that will require the most explanation is not the opposition. Opposition to a disruptive political figure is normal. What will require explanation is the specific quality … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for American Information Authority
American high-status actors do not compete for authority by openly saying they want power, prestige, or narrative control. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as service: protecting democracy from misinformation, defending evidence-based standards, and shielding the … Continue reading
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The Assisted Dying Industrial Complex: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Epistemic Authority Over Death
High-status actors among American elites do not compete for authority by openly saying they want to normalize the elimination of costly, burdensome, or insufficiently productive members of society. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as advancing … Continue reading
The Longtermism Industrial Complex: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Future-Humanitarian Prestige Among American Elites in 2026
High-status actors among American elites do not compete for authority by openly saying they want a morally prestigious cause that avoids redistribution, sidesteps political accountability, and concentrates philanthropic decision-making in the hands of a small group of technically fluent donors. … Continue reading
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The Private Security Distinction Industrial Complex: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Safety and Status Among American Elites in 2026
High-status actors among American elites do not compete for authority by openly saying they want armed separation from the masses or a return to aristocratic hierarchy through personal protection details. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority … Continue reading
The Distinction Industrial Complex: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Aristocratic Superiority in 2026
High-status actors among American elites do not compete for authority by openly saying they want to maintain separation from the masses or revive aristocratic hierarchies in a populist age. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as … Continue reading
The Vocabulary of Order: Elite Moral Claims in the 2026 Iran War
Nobody in the foreign policy establishment says they want authority over how this war is understood. They say they are protecting civilians, managing escalation, defending the rules-based order, or preventing catastrophe. That is the move. In every crisis of this … Continue reading
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