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On Managerial Elites 3 - What Marx Got Right Full Title: What Marx Got Right - YouTube Creator: Academic Agent Publication Date: February 28, 2020 Series: On Managerial Elites Summary Managerial capitalism has shifted the control of corporations from owners to managers, blurring the line between mass government and mass corporation. Marx made 2 significant predictions: 1. There would

On Managerial Elites 2 - The Managerial Elites Full Title: The Managerial Elites - YouTube Creator: Academic Agent Publication Date: February 14, 2020 Series:  On Managerial Elites - YouTube Brief Summary This video discusses the shift from traditional, smaller-scale organizations to mass organizations, resulting in conflicts with traditional elites, the rise of a new managerial elite, changes in

A Positive Vision for the Right Full Title: A Positive Vision for the Right? - YouTube Creator: Academic Agent Publication Date: August 4, 2021 Summary Mission: To build a self-sustaining local community with traditional values * This vision, "Milkman Localism," aims to create a community that can take care of all basic material needs without outside help.

On Projection and Power Executive Summary Projection is a ubiquitous practice performed by all people wherein they assume "the other side" thinks more or less the same way you do yourself. In the current political/cultural climate, both sides do this to the other, but the outcome isn't the same. One side projects in

Bertrand DeJouvenel DeJouvenel was known for his work in political theory, particularly his ideas on power and the role of the state. He was critical of both communism and capitalism, advocating for a decentralized society with a limited government that respects individual liberties.

The Great Sorting With no national cultural consensus or moral framework possible in the U.S., how do we move forward? The Great Sorting is the answer.

An Open Letter Chapter 1 This chapter and book as a whole serves to introduce people into Moldbug's ideas. Mencius Moldbug (aka Curtis Yarvin) wrote regularly in a blog called Unqualified Reservations

Curtis Yarvin Mencius Moldbug aka Curtis Yarvin, an American software engineer, blogger, and political theorist. He is known for his writings on the blog "Unqualified Reservations" and his political philosophy known as "neoreaction."

IWL: Issues With Libertarian Arguments Against Socialism Part 1 Issues with Libertarian Arguments Against Socialism, Part 1 - YouTube Academic Agent sets out several Libertarian Logical arguments and their Socialist counter-arguments: From Utility, the Libertarian Argues: If increasing material prosperity is our aim, then the free market is the best method for achieving it. Increasing material prosperity is our

A Sketch Towards Some Solutions A Sketch Towards Some Solutions - YouTube Academic Agent dispels populism and charts a course towards elite action. In the years prior to the 2020 US election, the online right was dominated by Alt-Right and Anti-SJW populism. Academic Agent overviews the various populist bottom-up strategies attempted by these movements: -Petitions

Iron Law of Oligarchy All organizations, regardless of their original intent will eventually evolve into oligarchies.

The High-Low vs Middle Dynamic Executive Summary High-Low vs Middle Dynamic - YouTube The concept of "High + Low vs the Middle" talks about a power struggle dynamic between 3 major groups in a society: Those who are in the "high" class (Elites), the "low" class, and the "middle" class. Political power is manipulated and influenced

Managed Dehumanization The project of dehumanization breaks down societal bonds and traditional institutions. This weakens opposition to the agenda of the Managerial Elite (currently the Globalists) and makes the masses more amenable to managerial techniques.