Explains Elite Overproduction, Public Immiseration. Concentration of wealth at the top at the end of cycles, the golden age of the peasantry at the beginning of cycles. More elites want to get into office and get more power. The public get's less and less. More people, but same amount of work.
Explains adjacent effects like Elite polygamy, contagion and dynamic entrainment, that make cycles less linear.
— Aug 30, 2026 10:16PM
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