The Elite

The Elite

Andre Willers

27 Sep 2014

Synopsis :

Who are the elite and what do they want ? They are the top 5% and they want it all .

 

Discussion :

1.Definition :

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite

“In political and sociological theory, an elite is a small group of people who control a disproportionate amount of wealth or political power. In general, elite means the more capable group of people. The selected part of a group that is superior to the rest in terms of ability or qualities.”

2.Historical Elites

This varied between 1% to 5% , with large uncertainties .

Eg French Revolution : Elite (Clergy + Aristocracy = 480 000 out of 27 million gives 1.7%)

Roman Empire : Roman citizens in the early Empire were about 2% of total population .

Communist Party varied 1%-3 %

Nazi party 3%-5%

3. Empirical study on 1779 US cases in 2014 with elite being top 10% economic .

Testing Theories of American Politics:

Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens

By

Martin Gilens ,Princeton University , mgilens@princeton.edu

Benjamin I. Page ,Northwestern University , b-page@northwestern.edu

April 2014

Findings :

“In the United States, our findings indicate, the majority does not rule -- at least not in the causal sense of actually

determining policy outcomes. When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or

with organized interests, they generally lose. “

“ our analyses suggest that majorities of the American public actually

have little influence over the policies our government adopts.”

See the document at

http://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Gilens%20and%20Page/Gilens%20and%20Page%202014-Testing%20Theories%203-7-14.pdf

4.Theory

A NASA study

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/14/nasa-civilisation-irreversible-collapse-study-scientists

See the actual study at

http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~ekalnay/pubs/2014-03-18-handy1-paper-draft-safa-motesharrei-rivas-kalnay.pdf

and a simplified version at

http://conference2011.wcrp-climate.org/orals/B12/Kalnay_B12.pdf

They both see the present world economy as having an Elite of 3% for centuries , but which is now spinning out of control .

5.If billionaires did not exist , it would be necessary to invent them .

A form of capital concentration . An effect of Power Laws that operate in systems with complex feedback processes (like economics). There will always be someone who strikes lucky , then plays it smart and soon grabs all he can . See http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~jdf/papers/powerlaw3.pdf

These capital concentrations form a vital part in the long-term health of an economy . Basic, blue-sky research , for instance .

See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com/2012/12/biderbergerssuperheroes-or-supervi...

6.Billionaires are no threat .

They do not seem to represent a threat to a vigilant population . They are merely the top , visible part of the Elite , who can be a major threat .

See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com/2014/05/human-predators-and-bankers.html

Elites have historically been about 5% of population . In US in 2010 5% owned 72% . Seehttp://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World's_Billionaires : 1645 in 2014 

Elite 5% of 7 Bn = 350 million . in US , about 1.5 million with income over $232 000 pa .

No meaningful change is possible unless this class is suborned .

 

7.Do not watch the billionaires’ social calendar .

Watch the personal assistants of their executives. They go where the elites are .

 

Better than yours

Andre

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