in thread "Mapping the critical cohorts of the US": financiers have an obscene amount of power. We can tell from how much they dominate the economy. But maybe you mean why the merely rich don't have generalized power. It's because the virtues to make money and the virtues to spend money effectively for poli... 14mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 3 3 financiers have an o (view hidden) retry 3 3 Among others. What books do you think are best from that time for passing on that spirit? 14mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 3 3 Among others. What b (view hidden) retry 3 3 I wonder how we can identify these fictional political formulae more reliably, so we can stop believing in them. The same concept can be used fictionally "the market" and non-fictionally "let's bring that to market". Maybe I need to read Mosca. Related: I ... 14mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 3 3 I wonder how we can (view hidden) retry 3 3