384 | Peter Turchin: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path to Political Disintegration

04/07/2023 47 min Episodio 413
384 | Peter Turchin: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path to Political Disintegration

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Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/Peter's 2010 Nature Article: https://www.nature.com/articles/463608aREALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail Us: [email protected] for American Innovation: https://www.thefai.org/posts/lincoln-becomes-faiPeter Turchin, author of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration, joins The Realignment. Peter and Marshall discuss his 2010 prediction that the U.S. would experience significant political turmoil in 2020, the factors that drove 2010-2020s political conflict, why the elite-overproduction phenomenon is one of the strongest determinants of societal health, and the historical precedents of nations remaining unified in the face of the above challenges. 

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