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Jiang says historical aristocrats and clergy filled these rent-seeking roles in older societies, whereas modern elites largely reach them through credentialed educational pipelines.
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"peter turchin um in his understanding of elite of production the elite are people who can impose rent on others they're rent seekers so..."
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"um nowadays um these people uh have to go through a certain education system in order to achieve their level but the reality is..."
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"...that there's a rigid hierarchy of status. The nobles and the clergy at the very top. And because of all this gold and silver,..."
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"...the underclass and then at the top are the nobility and clergy now there's always been townspeople there's always been merchants and artisans and..."
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"...king wants to do is get these people the nobility the clergy and the middle class bourgeoisie to agree to even more money okay..."
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"...major groups there's the no the first estate is called the clergy the catholic church the second estate is nobility the third estate is..."
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"...the eyes of the law. If there's nobility, if there's a clergy, it's only because we agree to give them this distinction based on..."
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"...roughly speaking, two major groups. Okay? There's the nobility and the clergy. Okay? There's almost no difference between the two because they intermarry."
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"...society. Okay? You have the tall people, the nobility and the clergy. And then at the other end are the peasants and slaves. But..."
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"...Right? Because they're trying to differentiate themselves from the nobility, the clergy, and the peasantry. And one way that they want to do this..."
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"...why because he's always making fun of the nobility and the clergy the powers that"
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"...say in government, but then you have this hierarchy of, like, clergy, nobility, and bureaucrats who want to maintain their privileges, okay? And if..."
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