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Category Archives: Elites
Decoding Expertise
Why do elites want more and more of the political decided by expertise? And why do they claim that expertise is neutral and objective? ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory gives a very direct answer. Elites push politics into “expertise” because expertise … Continue reading
Decoding Carl Schmitt
ChatGPT says: Carl Schmitt still fascinates academics, and Alliance Theory explains why better than ideology or scandal. 1. He names the thing institutions hide Modern liberal orders prefer to talk about rules, norms, procedures. Schmitt talks about decision, friend–enemy distinction, … Continue reading
The New Cold War With China
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory says a large share of “new Cold War with China” talk is not neutral analysis. It is status production by an alliance that needs a big enemy to justify its own importance. Not all of it. … Continue reading
Top Seven Destabilizing Questions You Won’t Hear From The MSM
Gemini says: In Alliance Theory, the Professional Managerial Class (PMC) acts as the janitorial and administrative staff of elite legitimacy. Their primary function is to maintain the “neutrality” of the systems they manage—law, media, medicine, and academia. Because their power … Continue reading
Why is Tucker Carlson such an object of fascination to the chattering class?
In his new book on Tucker, Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind, Jason Zengerle says that if three journos start chatting, the conversation will inevitably turn to what happened to Tucker. … Continue reading
James Murdoch in 2009: ‘The only reliable, durable, and perpetual guarantor of independence is profit’
Gemini says: James Murdoch’s 2009 MacTaggart Lecture, where he declared that “the only reliable, durable, and perpetual guarantor of independence is profit,” sparked significant elite backlash because it directly challenged the foundational values of the British media establishment. The reaction … Continue reading
The Murdochs: Gabriel Sherman’s Class Cleansing Ritual
Gemini says: In his book, Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dynasty Broke a Family –– and the World, Gabriel Sherman focuses his gaze on the decline of the Murdoch empire because … Continue reading
Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dynasty Broke a Family—and the World
I enjoyed this new book by Gabriel Sherman though I could have done without the preaching. ChatGPT says: For Gabriel Sherman and his publisher, writing about the Murdochs is not neutral reporting. It is a ritual of boundary enforcement aimed … Continue reading
How much currency does elite moral prestige command these days?
Elites are attacking Tucker Carlson with all of their moral prestige and it doesn’t seem to be working. I’m not a Tucker Carlson fan. I just don’t see that moral condemnations of this populist insurgent damage him. How strong is … Continue reading
Rupert Murdoch vs The Establishment
I’m reading the new Gabriel Sherman book, Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dynasty Broke a Family –– and the World, and it seems like a case study in Alliance Theory, elite … Continue reading