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Category Archives: Elites
How’s the elite project to educate, hector, badger, prompt, transform, reshape and prime non-elite Americans going?
ChatGPT says: Poorly, and the failure is now structural rather than tactical. Alliance Theory says the project to educate, hector, badger, prompt, transform, reshape, and prime non-elite Americans was never really about persuasion. It was about control through norm enforcement. … Continue reading
When will the elite realize that their crusade against disinformation with their pets Brandy Zadrozny and Rene DiResta is not a winning formula?
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory says elites do not abandon a failing strategy when it fails. They abandon it when it stops paying coalition dividends. Brandy Zadrozny and Renée DiResta are not mistakes. They are instruments. The “disinformation crusade” is less … Continue reading
Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe
Why do elites love the false contention that we evolved to be gullible with regard to our vital interests? Gemini says: Hugo Mercier’s Not Born Yesterday book provides the perfect foundation to use Alliance Theory to dismantle the persistent cultural … Continue reading
Why Do Elites Want To Restrict Speech?
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory says this is exactly what you should expect. Elites sit at the center of high-status coordination networks. Their power depends on shared narratives, moral framings, and reputation systems staying stable. Speech that destabilizes those narratives threatens … Continue reading
Porn Stars & The Rootless Elite
I’ve interviewed hundreds of porn stars and the main thing that struck me was their lack of ties. if they were bonded to family or place, they wouldn’t do porn, I think. How are porn stars and the rootless elite … Continue reading
Elites Are Vulnerable
Elite rise and elite collapse look dramatic from the outside but usually follow the same pattern as everyone else’s fortunes. Larry Summers is almost too perfect a case study because he’s brilliant, driven and plugged in at the highest levels, … Continue reading
Conservative Princeton Student: ‘I never realized how many people are this violent and hateful. I don’t know what to do with that.’
I was retweeted by Ann Coulter last week for my Sep. 12 post: From today’s 2Way show: Jacob: I’m a Princeton student, currently on a two-year break working in marketing for my professor. I’ve been a conservative my whole life. … Continue reading
Elite Rule
Do elites rule America? Are American elites united? How close are American elites to division, thus undermining elite rule? “Elites rule through particular strategies and fail through typical issues. Elite solidarity is essential to elite rule; division among the elite … Continue reading
The New Power Elite (6-29-21)
00:00 The New Power Elite: Inequality, Politics, and Greed, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=140693 03:00 Milo’s conversation with Roosh, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m0t1d8sh9w 06:00 The New Power Elite: Inequality, Politics and Greed, https://www.amazon.com/New-Power-Elite-Inequality-Sociology/dp/1783087870 15:00 Milo sounds less gay 16:00 When Experts Are Wrong, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=140707 18:00 Expert Failure … Continue reading
When Experts Are Wrong
Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan said: “…(ADHD) is an invention. Every child who’s not doing well in school is sent to see a pediatrician, and the pediatrician says: “It’s ADHD; here’s Ritalin.” In fact, 90 percent of these 5.4 million (ADHD-diagnosed) … Continue reading