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The groups establishing themselves as elite after the revolutions were as far as I know not part of the elite, rather they belonged to an educated middle-class. Naturally in perfect accordance with Goldstein's The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism.

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by A swedish kind of death on Sun Aug 25th, 2013 at 04:26:51 AM EST
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Pareto!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulation_of_elite

Now did Orwell read Pareto?

by IM on Sun Aug 25th, 2013 at 05:45:53 AM EST
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Orwell was at least familiar with Pareto.

Here is Orwell writing a review of Burnham in 1946.

George Orwell - James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution - Essay

Burnham lays much stress on Pareto's theory of the "circulation of the elites". If it is to stay in power a ruling class must constantly admit suitable recruits from below, so that the ablest men may always be at the top and a new class of power-hungry malcontents cannot come into being. This is likeliest to happen, Burnham considers, in a society which retains democratic habits--that is, where opposition is permitted and certain bodies such as the press and the trade unions can keep their autonomy.


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by A swedish kind of death on Sun Aug 25th, 2013 at 06:54:07 AM EST
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Should have remembered that review.

A sound thrashing, that.

by IM on Sun Aug 25th, 2013 at 07:01:41 AM EST
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I'll have to check whether Machiavelli read Pareto (along with Livy)- or vice versa...
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Sun Aug 25th, 2013 at 05:55:11 PM EST
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Surely it is Pareto that read Machiavelli, unless time travel was involved.

Vilfredo Pareto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto (born Wilfried Fritz Pareto; Italian: [vilˈfreːdo paˈreːto]; 15 July 1848 - 19 August 1923) was an Italian engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist and philosopher. He made several important contributions to economics, particularly in the study of income distribution and in the analysis of individuals' choices. He was also responsible for popularising the use of the term "elite" in social analysis.

He introduced the concept of Pareto efficiency and helped develop the field of microeconomics. He was also the first to discover that income follows a Pareto distribution, which is a power law probability distribution. The Pareto principle was named after him and built on observations of his such as that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population. He also contributed to the fields of sociology and mathematics.



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by A swedish kind of death on Mon Aug 26th, 2013 at 03:43:41 AM EST
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"The Pareto principle was named after him and built on observations of his such as that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population."

Which is pretty much communist by today's standards...

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Tue Aug 27th, 2013 at 07:37:06 AM EST
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