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
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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"Okay? In the year 900, its civilization was over the place, in Central America. But then, after the Mayas, after 900, it went all..."
"...we usually understand, why societies collapse, is, we get it from Karl Marx. And, basically, what Karl Marx says is, eventually your society, collapses..."
"...is this the correlation, right? All right. So an example is Karl Marx. And Karl Marx, of course, is the founder of communism. And..."
"...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,..."
"...to create the idea of class conflict all right okay so Karl Marx and Frederick Engels all right they write something called the Communist..."
"...sure that people are individually happy as opposed to being spiritual. Karl Marx, freedom of the individual from material want. Charles Darwin, man is..."
"...transnational capital supported the Bolshevik revolution. The Bolsheviks, they also supported Karl Marx, okay, all right? So Karl Marx has an interesting background. He..."
"...okay, a Jewish industrialist. So why would a Jewish capitalist support Karl Marx? And the answer is because communism benefits transnational capital, okay? So..."
"...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..."
"...the past 20 years there have been three extremely influential individuals karl marx simon floyd albert einstein they're all jews so why are jews..."
"...traditional understanding is the Marxist understanding this is idea proposed by Karl Marx and it's the dominant idea so in the beginning we were..."
"Good morning. So today we are doing Karl Marx. And Karl Marx is one of the most influential thinkers in human history. His contribution..."
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