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Peter Turchin's elite overproduction is introduced as a theory that argues against the usual Marx-derived model of collapse by bottom-up worker rebellion.
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Karl Marx
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"Okay? In the year 900, its civilization was over the place, in Central America. But then, after the Mayas, after 900, it went all..."
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"...we usually understand, why societies collapse, is, we get it from Karl Marx. And, basically, what Karl Marx says is, eventually your society, collapses..."
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"...then from that you have Charles Darwin history of evolution and Karl Marx and and so and and so these philosophers together create the..."
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"...late 70s. And he said something to the effect, well, Karl, Karl Marx wasn't about fairy tales. He was a scientist. And so we're..."
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"...control mechanisms, right? The communism was subverted by Trotsky and by Karl Marx, and Karl Marx was actually backed by transnational capitalists. So it's..."
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"...is this the correlation, right? All right. So an example is Karl Marx. And Karl Marx, of course, is the founder of communism. And..."
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"...and do whatever he wants. Okay? That's strange. Number two is, Karl Marx, where did he get his money from, okay? So Karl Marx,..."
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"...to create the idea of class conflict all right okay so Karl Marx and Frederick Engels all right they write something called the Communist..."
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"...sure that people are individually happy as opposed to being spiritual. Karl Marx, freedom of the individual from material want. Charles Darwin, man is..."
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"...transnational capital supported the Bolshevik revolution. The Bolsheviks, they also supported Karl Marx, okay, all right? So Karl Marx has an interesting background. He..."
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"...okay, a Jewish industrialist. So why would a Jewish capitalist support Karl Marx? And the answer is because communism benefits transnational capital, okay? So..."
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"...All right, let's look at Sigmund Freud, okay? Sigmund Freud, like Karl Marx, is also extremely influential. He practiced medicine in Vienna. He was..."
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