We should always be suspicious of grievance politics: people proclaiming their victimhood are trying to leverage weakness, and that's neither noble nor admirable. But the schism of the elites (which is intermittently playing out online) is certainly one of the defining events of our age.
You can tell that this is the case... because the mainstream is almost completely silent on it. That's a sure sign of a very important cultural development.
Having some personal connection to Michael Shellenberger he is NOT a member of the elite but a wannabe elite who deeply resents he was never given the proper due he believes he deserves.
We should always be suspicious of grievance politics: people proclaiming their victimhood are trying to leverage weakness, and that's neither noble nor admirable. But the schism of the elites (which is intermittently playing out online) is certainly one of the defining events of our age.
You can tell that this is the case... because the mainstream is almost completely silent on it. That's a sure sign of a very important cultural development.
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-schism-of-the-elites
Thanks for sharing that, James. It was an interesting read. We’re circling the same phenomena for sure.
Having some personal connection to Michael Shellenberger he is NOT a member of the elite but a wannabe elite who deeply resents he was never given the proper due he believes he deserves.
Make an AI agent, run and controlled by a DAO, to be a new kind of Knight. DAO of mooks. Gain status collectively
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